In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be casting a spotlight on:

• 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?
• Why a judge blocking a council from submitting its local plan for examination has prompted fears of wider plan-making delays

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.

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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.

This month, we’ll be discussing:

• 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;
• Paragraph 14 of the National Planning Policy Framework being triggered and used successfully to fend off a housing proposal;
• 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;
• 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.

More information on all these cases can be found in the June 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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we’ll be discussing:

• 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?
• 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;
• And a “shocked” civic society accusing a city council of making AI-generated errors in a planning application heritage statement.

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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.