Ep107: Why a council is investing £1m in its planning service and how the NPPF revisions would change housing need assessments

In this Deep Dive edition, we examine:How and why a unitary authority is making an unusually big investment in its planning service;How the proposed National Planning Policy Framework revisions would change local housing need assessment, and what this might mean for planners.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.