The Planning Podcast Ep 055 - Recent Housing Appeal Decisions
Daniel Henderson is joined by pupil barrister in the No5 Planning and Environmental Group, Chatura Saravanan, to discuss a number of recent appeal decisions concerning residential schemes, and to identify key takeaways. Also, we have includes the links to some of the appeals discussed.Character and appearance and PDL Land at 1-5 Hillside, Portsmouth Road - APP/K3605/W/24/3350737Link to appeal decision: https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/ViewCase.aspx?caseid=3350737VSC without Grey Belt 124 and 142 Church Lane Selston - APP/W3005/W/24/3347049Link to appeal decision: https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/ViewCase.aspx?caseid=3347049Costs Land at junction of Newark Road, Nottinghamshire – APP/W3005/W/24/3350529Link to appeal decisions: https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/ViewCase.aspx?caseid=3350529Land North of Mucklestone, Staffordshire – APP/P3420/W/24/3350245Link to appeal decision: https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/ViewCase.aspx?caseid=3350245
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The Planning Podcast Ep 054 - What is national policy? The Court of Appeal in Mead, and recent updates
In light of recent legislative changes and policy announcements, we are at something of a hinge-point as to a vital question in planning practice – what is national policy, how is it organised, and what is its effect? In this episode, Daniel Henderson and James Corbet Burcher discuss the recent Court of Appeal judgment in Mead Realisations v SSHCLG [2025] EWCA Civ 32, put it into some context, and seek to explore what its effect might be in future months, following LURA and recent policy changes.
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The Planning Podcast Ep 053 ‘How to do a hearing’: Local Planning Authorities
In the second of a two-part series, Daniel Henderson, James Corbet Burcher, and Sioned Davies discuss the basics of ‘how to do a hearing’, this time from the perspective of a Local Planning Authority.
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The Planning Podcast Ep 052 ‘How to do a hearing’: Appellants
Given the policy framework in which we now find ourselves in 2025, it is inevitable that practitioners are going to see a significant uptick in appeal work in the coming months. Many of those appeals are going to be listed by PINS as hearings. For newcomers as well as those who are familiar with the format, hearings can be mysterious and procedurally difficult. To that end, in this episode, Daniel Henderson, James Corbet Burcher, and Sioned Davies present a basic discussion on ‘how to do hearings’, as part of a two-part series. In this episode, they look at the question from the perspective of the Appellants.
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The Planning Podcast Ep 051 - New NPPF: The Key Changes
After months of anticipation, the new NPPF is finally here, heralding what the Deputy Prime Minister has called a “landmark overhaul” to “shake-up a broken planning system”. In this episode, Daniel Henderson is joined by Peter Goatley KC, Christian Hawley, and Sioned Davies to pick over some of the most important reforms, and assess their potential impact for developers and local authorities alike.
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