Room 106

This week, we will be talking about: Councils delaying local plan work due to next month’s general election; The planning promises in the Conservative Party and Liberal Democrat manifestos, which were published earlier this week;  The planning proposals that the Labour Party has announced in the campaign so far. PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.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 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.

In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be examining:What planning measures we can expect from the Labour Party’s first 100 days in power if they’re successful in next month’s general election;How the announcement of the general election will impact ongoing and planned planning policy and legislation.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.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 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.

In this episode, we will be discussing:The Labour Party’s new towns policy;The Prime Minister’s surprise announcement of a general election;Parliamentary public spending watchdog, the National Audit Office, criticises the government’s new biodiversity net gain requirement;A council accuses a branch of a countryside charity of spreading “misinformation” about its emerging local plan. PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.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 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.

In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be examining:The impact of newly elected metro mayors on planning and development;The ethical and professional issues raised by a councillor accusing planning officers at his own authority of "lobbying for developers".PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.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 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.

In this episode, we will be looking at:The latest local authority that the government has placed in planning performance special measures;A council referring allegations of bribery made by three property developers in relation to planning committee decisions to the police;Data revealing the ten highest-rewarded local authority planning leads in 2022/23.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.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 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.

In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be looking at:How a row sparked by an inspector's LinkedIn ‘like’ has highlighted the need for planners to take care when posting on social media;What a spate of ministerial decisions tell us about government attitudes to solar development in the countryside.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.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 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.

In this edition, we will be discussing: Why a series of councils are cutting their housing targets and green belt release levels in their draft local plans;How new affordability data impacts local housing need levels;The latest on Labour’s green belt policies. PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.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 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag 

In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be examining a legal change from the government that aims to make it easier for developers to amend planning permissions.We discuss:What exactly the change is and why the government has made it;Recent court rulings that have made it harder for developers to amend permissions;How effective the change is likely to be;The implications for developers and councils.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.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 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.

In this edition, we will be discussing: The biodiversity net gain requirement for developers coming into force for small sites;Significant impending changes to planning enforcement;New government regulations that aim to speed up compulsory purchase rules.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.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 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.