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EPISODE · Aug 20, 2025 · 17 MIN

Ep161: Why Rayner has blocked a council’s bid to allocate a site for 1,250 homes in its emerging local plan

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Room 106, the gloomy underground vault where all the latest planning announcements and decisions are issued, to pull out the key information for you.  This week, we’re going to take a closer look at: The housing secretary Angela Rayner blocking a council’s bid to allocate a site in a special protection area for up to 1,250 homes in its emerging local planA Labour Party councillor losing the party whip after being caught making anonymous online posts defending the council’s proposed release of green belt sites in its local planAnd the High Court ordering a campaigner to pay £85,000 and a council £9,000 in costs after losing their joint legal battle over a decision to register a set of playing fields as a village green. In addition, we’ll be rounding 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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