{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6177c468f62eb8001374102f/69ce409df44b357ce90794e2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep195: Member slams planning officers over grey belt recommendations, a ministerial local plan intervention and final new towns shortlist revealed","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6177c468f62eb8001374102f/1775128151532-e62e25ca-938b-495b-9e71-43ff33cfd1bb.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this episode, we’ll be discussing:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>The seven new towns to be pursued by the government, plus the five locations from its adviser’s original list that have been dropped.</li><li>The government making a series of important policy announcements in relation to planning application fee rises, a new Land Use Framework and changes to planning committees, the ministerial calling-in of applications process and the local authority planning performance regime.</li><li>A Home Counties council's defiance of the housing minister after he ordered it to allocate more green belt sites for development in its draft local plan.</li><li>And a planning committee member telling officers they should be ashamed of themselves for recommending grey belt applications for approval.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Key planning news, and why it is important, brought to you by the team behind <em>Planning </em>magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.</p><p><br></p><p>Find the latest planning news at <a href=\"http://planningresource.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">planningresource.co.uk</a> and <a href=\"https://twitter.com/PlanningMag\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@PlanningMag</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p>","author_name":"Planning magazine"}