Ep149: Your 22-minute guide to the latest planning blitz on build-out rates, biodiversity net gain and decision-making

This week, we will be discussing a spate of big planning announcements from the government. We will be focusing on the proposed measures to:Increase developer’s build-out rates for permitted sites.Streamline planning committee decision-making, and toughen up one of the criteria for planning performance ‘special measures’ designation.Support smaller builders, including via significant revisions to the biodiversity net gain system.We’ll also be highlighting some of the key reaction to the proposals.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.