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Aug 2026

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Key recent 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 nearly 50 years. <a href="https://www.planningresource.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">planningresource.co.uk</a>&nbsp;@planningMag <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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August 12, 202623 min

Ep218: Why a judge criticised planning officers when quashing consent for Tottenham Hotspur green belt training ground

<p>In this episode, we’ll be discussing:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>The High Court quashing a council’s consent for a Premier League football club’s green belt training ground following a “serious” failure by planning officers to disclose background papers on the environmental impacts.</li><li>A series of decisions by planning minister Matthew Pennycook, including the overturning of a council’s approval of plans for a mixed-use scheme comprising 3,500 homes and an 8,000-seat stadium due to health risks.</li><li>The government relaxing height limits on solar panels that can be installed without a planning application.</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><br><p>Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @PlanningMag&nbsp;</p><br><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> <hr><p style=&apos;color:grey; font-size:0.75em;&apos;> Hosted on Acast. See <a style=&apos;color:grey;&apos; target=&apos;_blank&apos; rel=&apos;noopener noreferrer&apos; href=&apos;https://acast.com/privacy&apos;>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

August 5, 202620 min

Ep217: Why the government is telling inspectors to relax their viability assessment of local plans, plus other key news from last week

<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><br><p>In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be discussing:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>What the return of Angela Rayner and the retention of Matthew Pennycook, as housing secretary and planning minister, respectively, means for the planning sector;</li><li>And why Pennycook’s latest ministerial letter to PINS could offer a lifeline for some local plan examinations.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p>More information on all these cases can be found in the July edition of Casebook on Planning Resource.&nbsp;</p><br><p>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.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag&nbsp;</p><br><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> <hr><p style=&apos;color:grey; font-size:0.75em;&apos;> Hosted on Acast. See <a style=&apos;color:grey;&apos; target=&apos;_blank&apos; rel=&apos;noopener noreferrer&apos; href=&apos;https://acast.com/privacy&apos;>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

July 29, 202625 min

Ep216: Andy Burnham’s new-look housing ministry, plus the key policies in the new draft London Plan

<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><br><p>In this episode, we’ll be discussing:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>A series of appointments at the housing ministry as part of the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s first cabinet reshuffle – with some familiar faces returning and continuing at the departments;&nbsp;</li><li>The publication of the new draft London Plan - what are the key new policies?;</li><li>And the latest letter from the planning minister to the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) on local plan examinations that advises inspectors how they should assess site viability and deliverability.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p>More information on all these cases can be found in the July edition of Casebook on Planning Resource.&nbsp;</p><br><p>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.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag&nbsp;</p><br><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> <hr><p style=&apos;color:grey; font-size:0.75em;&apos;> Hosted on Acast. See <a style=&apos;color:grey;&apos; target=&apos;_blank&apos; rel=&apos;noopener noreferrer&apos; href=&apos;https://acast.com/privacy&apos;>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

July 24, 202624 min

Ep215: Casebook Extra – the month’s key ministerial, inspectors’ and court decisions summarised

<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><br><p>This month, we’ll be discussing:</p><ul><li>How inspectors are assessing data centre need and weighing up landscape impacts;&nbsp;</li><li>A retirement scheme permitted on green belt despite not meeting the &apos;golden rules&apos; in national policy;</li><li>A court ruling that considered when public consultations should be reopened if a planning application is resubmitted;&nbsp;</li><li>The planning issues that are being thrown up by the spectacular growth in padel courts.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>More information on all these cases can be found in the July edition of Casebook on Planning Resource.&nbsp;</p><br><p>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.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag&nbsp;</p><br><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> <hr><p style=&apos;color:grey; font-size:0.75em;&apos;> Hosted on Acast. See <a style=&apos;color:grey;&apos; target=&apos;_blank&apos; rel=&apos;noopener noreferrer&apos; href=&apos;https://acast.com/privacy&apos;>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

July 22, 202630 min

Ep214: The key planning tasks facing the new Prime Minister, plus the latest on the new NPPF and application fees

<p>The award-winning <em>Planning</em> team extracts the latest key planning news from the blizzard of new information in Room 106, the vault where all new planning information is gathered.</p><br><p>In this episode, we’ll be discussing:</p><ul><li>The arrival of a new prime minister. What are the key planning tasks in Andy Burnham’s in-tray? And what has he said about planning since he became Labour Party at the end of last week?</li><li>What’s happening with the much-anticipated new version of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)?</li><li>The government confirming national planning fee rates that seek to meet 90 per cent of the costs of processing applications</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><br><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><br><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> <hr><p style=&apos;color:grey; font-size:0.75em;&apos;> Hosted on Acast. See <a style=&apos;color:grey;&apos; target=&apos;_blank&apos; rel=&apos;noopener noreferrer&apos; href=&apos;https://acast.com/privacy&apos;>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

July 15, 202618 min

Ep213: Why the new 250-word limit for written appeal forms has sparked consternation

<p>In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be examining:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Why many practitioners are up in arms about the new 250-word limit for written appeal forms.</li><li>How a £37k compensation award for a female planning officer reminds the sector to be vigilant about unequal pay.</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><br><p>Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @PlanningMag&nbsp;</p><br><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> <hr><p style=&apos;color:grey; font-size:0.75em;&apos;> Hosted on Acast. See <a style=&apos;color:grey;&apos; target=&apos;_blank&apos; rel=&apos;noopener noreferrer&apos; href=&apos;https://acast.com/privacy&apos;>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

July 8, 202620 min

Ep212: The key takeaways for planners from Burnham's first big speech as a potential Prime Minister

<p>In this episode, we’ll be discussing:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>The key planning takeaways from the first big speech by the likely Prime Minister-elect Andy Burnham;</li><li>The planning minister making a last-minute intervention in the examination of the City of London Corporation’s emerging local plan over its potential heritage impacts;</li><li>And three councils launching a legal challenge against the reduced affordable housing requirement in the mayor of London’s home-delivery stimulus package.</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><br><p>Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @PlanningMag&nbsp;</p><br><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> <hr><p style=&apos;color:grey; font-size:0.75em;&apos;> Hosted on Acast. See <a style=&apos;color:grey;&apos; target=&apos;_blank&apos; rel=&apos;noopener noreferrer&apos; href=&apos;https://acast.com/privacy&apos;>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

July 1, 202623 min

Ep211: What the relentless rise of councils under no overall control means for planners

<p>In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be casting a spotlight on:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>The dramatic rise in the number of councils under no overall political control – what does this mean for planning in those areas and how do you keep it moving?</li><li>Why a judge blocking a council from submitting its local plan for examination has prompted fears of wider plan-making delays</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><br><p>Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @PlanningMag&nbsp;</p><br><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> <hr><p style=&apos;color:grey; font-size:0.75em;&apos;> Hosted on Acast. See <a style=&apos;color:grey;&apos; target=&apos;_blank&apos; rel=&apos;noopener noreferrer&apos; href=&apos;https://acast.com/privacy&apos;>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

June 26, 202619 min

Ep210: Casebook Extra – the month’s key ministerial, inspectors’ and court decisions summarised

<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 Planning’s long-running Casebook section.&nbsp;</p><br><p>This month, we’ll be discussing:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>An example of a proposal for a solar farm being refused on landscape grounds, bucking the trend for many such schemes being approved on the grounds of their benefits;&nbsp;</li><li>Paragraph 14 of the National Planning Policy Framework being triggered and used successfully to fend off a housing proposal;</li><li>A legal challenge to consent for the redevelopment of the Museum of London site, where the City of London Corporation was both applicant and planning authority;&nbsp;</li><li>A petition against a mixed-use scheme proposed in Wandsworth signed by celebrities including Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Felicity Kendal, Anthea Turner and Harry Hill.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>More information on all these cases can be found in the June edition of Casebook on Planning Resource.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind&nbsp;<em>Planning&nbsp;</em>magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Find the latest planning news at&nbsp;<a href="http://planningresource.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">planningresource.co.uk</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;@planningMag&nbsp;</p><br><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> <hr><p style=&apos;color:grey; font-size:0.75em;&apos;> Hosted on Acast. See <a style=&apos;color:grey;&apos; target=&apos;_blank&apos; rel=&apos;noopener noreferrer&apos; href=&apos;https://acast.com/privacy&apos;>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

June 24, 202621 min

Ep209: Starmer resigns with Burnham poised to replace him; plus nine councils placed in planning ‘special measures’

<p>In this episode, we’ll be discussing:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>The resignation of the Prime Minister, with new MP and former Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham poised to take over – how has the sector reacted and what might this mean for planning and development?</li><li>Planning minister Matthew Pennycook placing nine councils in special measures for poor-quality decision-making on major planning applications – the first such designations made under the Labour administration;</li><li>And a “shocked” civic society accusing a city council of making AI-generated errors in a planning application heritage statement.</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><br><p>Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @PlanningMag&nbsp;</p><br><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> <hr><p style=&apos;color:grey; font-size:0.75em;&apos;> Hosted on Acast. See <a style=&apos;color:grey;&apos; target=&apos;_blank&apos; rel=&apos;noopener noreferrer&apos; href=&apos;https://acast.com/privacy&apos;>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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