{"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/6a8ea28983ae7b346605a9c1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep220: Casebook Extra – the month’s key ministerial, inspectors’ and court decisions summarised","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6177c468f62eb8001374102f/1787741455861-fac75d1d-1eed-4ace-b31f-0134794e676c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The latest edition of our monthly series examining the key recent appeal and court decisions, in which we speak to technical editor David Dewar, who compiles <em>Planning</em>’s long-running Casebook section.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>This month, we’ll be discussing:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>How the refusal of an 800-home mixed-use scheme highlights how specific “footnote 9” policies have to be met when an area is subject to the National Planning Policy Framework’s “tilted balance”.</li><li>The importance of unmet need as a consideration in an inspector’s decision to allow a proposal for a very large employment development on a greenfield site in the West Midlands.</li><li>How a key court ruling clarifies the lawfulness of planning officers sharing draft committee reports with applicants before meetings.&nbsp;</li><li>The final three decisions on nationally important solar farms by former energy secretary Ed Miliband.</li><li>How inspectors are dealing with a London borough’s approach to air-conditioning units and its “cooling hierarchy” policy.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>More information on all these cases can be found in the <a href=\"https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1965671/read-august-edition-planning-appeals-legal-casebook-online\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">August</a> edition of Casebook on <a href=\"https://www.planningresource.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Planning Resource</a>.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind <em>Planning</em> magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years.&nbsp;</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"}