Ep115: The issues raised by council planning teams’ widespread use of agency staff, plus highlights from the Tory conference

In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be discussing:Why so many local authorities are spending money on agency staff to work in their planning teams, what problems this causes, and how councils can make best use of them;The planning highlights from last week’s Conservative Party Conference. We also round up the other key news from the past week to make sure you’re up to speed on all the goings-on in the planning sector. 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.