Ep162: Is a council’s bid to reclassify villages as towns to protect them from green belt development likely to be effective?
Room 106, the gloomy underground vault where all the latest planning announcements and decisions are issued, to pull out the key information for you. In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be discussing whether a council’s bold bid to reclassify several villages as towns in order to protect them from green belt development is likely to be effective.We'll also examine the government’s latest amendments to the controversial nature recovery measures in its flagship Planning and Infrastructure Bill.In addition, we’ll be rounding up the other key news from the past week to make sure you’re up to speed on all the goings-on in the planning sector. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ep161: Why Rayner has blocked a council’s bid to allocate a site for 1,250 homes in its emerging local plan
Room 106, the gloomy underground vault where all the latest planning announcements and decisions are issued, to pull out the key information for you. This week, we’re going to take a closer look at: The housing secretary Angela Rayner blocking a council’s bid to allocate a site in a special protection area for up to 1,250 homes in its emerging local planA Labour Party councillor losing the party whip after being caught making anonymous online posts defending the council’s proposed release of green belt sites in its local planAnd the High Court ordering a campaigner to pay £85,000 and a council £9,000 in costs after losing their joint legal battle over a decision to register a set of playing fields as a village green. In addition, we’ll be rounding up the other key news from the past week to make sure you’re up to speed on all the goings-on in the planning sector. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ep160: Rayner demands answers from Chinese embassy over redaction of new building plans and why a council has urged applicants to avoid ‘chasing’ its planning team
Room 106, the gloomy underground vault where all the latest planning announcements and decisions are issued, to pull out the key information for you. This week, we’re going to take a closer look at: • The housing secretary Angela Rayner giving the Chinese embassy two weeks to “comprehensively” explain why new building plans have been redacted • A planning inspector concluding that a council’s net zero requirement in a 2,200-home garden village plan is “consistent with national policy” more than two years after previous inspectors claimed that the strategy’s approach conflicted with a written ministerial statement. More • A local authority urging applicants to avoid “chasing” its planning team for updates as part of an action plan to tackle a 1,700-case backlog • And an inspector allowing an appeal over plans for an extension to a weapons factory that a council refused against officer advice due to “community cohesion” concerns In addition, we’ll be rounding up the other key news from the past week to make sure you’re up to speed on all the goings-on in the planning sector. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ep159: When England’s busiest local planning authorities say they will hit key plan-making milestones
In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be discussing our exclusive report, which reveals when England’s busiest local authorities say they will hit key local plan preparation milestones, and when peaks and troughs in plan-making activity are predicted to occur.We’ll also examine how the Labour Party has performed against its own planning objectives in its first year in office.In addition, we round up the key planning news from the past week to make sure you are up to speed on all the goings-on in the sector. Key planning news, and why it is important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @PlanningMag Room 106 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ep158: The key planning takeaways from the planning minister's latest select committee appearances
In this episode we explore:The planning minister Matthew Pennycook appearing before two Parliamentary select committees - we discuss the planning highlights, including key announcements about developer contributions, affordable homes, viability guidance and new towns; The news that a promised government consultation on national development management policies will be delayed until later this year; A council ruling out green belt release in its draft local plan, despite meeting just over half of its local housing need.In addition, we round up the key planning news from the past week to make sure you are up to speed on all the goings-on in the sector. Key planning news, and why it is important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @PlanningMag Room 106 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Key recent planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for nearly 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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