Ep156: Why a planning committee was found to be ‘severely affecting’ a council’s reputation, plus the devolution bill highlights

In this episode we explore:The key planning takeaways from the government’s English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, which was published last week.A review by a planning advisory body that found that a council’s planning committee is perceived to be "operating with undue influence" amid probity "suspicions".A local authority that has proposed redefining four villages as towns to protect them from the new grey belt designation in national planning policy.In addition, we round up the key planning news from the past week to make sure you are up to speed on all the goings-on in the sector. 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.