Room 106

In this edition, we’ll be discussing the housing secretary’s announcement of a series of further changes to the planning system, including: Changes to the ministerial application call-in process that would require English councils to tell the housing ministry when they intend to refuse planning applications for schemes of more than 150 homes.Impending changes to the National Planning Policy Framework that would mean planning applications for homes and other “suitable” development near “well-connected” train stations will receive a default “yes” from decision-makers, providing they “meet certain rules”.A consultation on stripping three statutory consultees of their role and other revisions to the way local authorities engage with statutory consultees.We’ll also be discussing why a council has apologised after accidentally releasing personal details of 625 respondents to its local plan consultation.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.

In this deep-dive edition, we’ll be discussing:How the government’s decision to make national development management policies non-statutory will impact plan-making and development management.What the proposed relaxation of London’s affordable housing requirements would mean for practitioners – both inside and outside the capital.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.

This is the sixth edition of our new monthly series examining the key recent appeal and court decisions in which we speak to technical editor David Dewar who compiles Planning's long-running Casebook section. This month, we will be discussing: The energy secretary's consent for a large off-shore wind farm in the Irish Sea that took account of the risk of so-called "wake effects"; A planning inspector allowing 39 homes on green belt land on the basis that it would enable the refurbishment of a listed building; The risk of costs being awarded against councils in appeal cases where they are deemed to have acted unreasonably; The High Court blocking a council's attempt to enforce affordable housing provision after the site of a permitted development is sold to a new owner.More information on all these cases can be found in the October 2025 edition of Casebook on Planning Resource. Key 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 more than 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.

In this edition, we’ll be discussing: A significant announcement on local government reorganisation and what it could mean for planning.A city council taking legal action against three developers whom it says collectively owe it almost £1 million in unpaid section 106 contributions.The launch of a £10 million government tender for the creation of a new “planning tool” to enable “AI-augmented decision-making for planning applications”.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.

In this deep-dive edition, we’ll be discussing an exclusive Planning report into England’s 30 biggest and busiest local planning authorities — who are these councils and what are the key findings into their staffing and activity levels?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.

In this edition, we’ll be discussing: The Supreme Court overturning a Court of Appeal ruling that upheld the refusal on nutrient pollution grounds of a developer’s bid to discharge conditions relating to a 650-home scheme.The housing ministry and the mayor of London announcing an “emergency” package of measures aiming to boost housebuilding in the capital that includes a relaxation of affordable housing requirements.A report from the Parliamentary watchdog on the developer contribution system that warns ministers about a “drought of planners in local authorities”.Plus the other biggest planning news stories from the past week.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.