{"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/6a291e6674e72c6295d5fb0b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep207: Why a council wants to withdraw from the new towns programme and how the PM has pushed back against it","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6177c468f62eb8001374102f/1781086295485-05c46a62-8538-4b4f-8390-f2acebc50407.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this episode, we’ll be discussing:&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li>A council shortlisted in the government’s new towns programme announcing that it has withdrawn from the process, following a change in political control at the local elections – prompting a response from the Prime Minister;</li><li>A High Court judge blocking a council from submitting its local plan for examination pending the outcome of a legal challenge;</li><li>An employment tribunal awarding a planning officer £37k for being paid less than her male predecessor;&nbsp;</li><li>And the latest on the government’s proposed changes to planning committee decision-making.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @PlanningMag&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"}