Ep43: The government’s new plans for short-term lets and why some councils and developers have been getting into trouble with inspectors and in the courts

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 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMagIn this episode we:Highlight how the government plans to give local authorities more control over the conversion of homes into short term lets.Explore the implications of the secretary of state’s rejection of an application for 165 homes, partly because of what the planning minister called its “generic suburban” design.Investigate why some councils and developers have been getting into trouble in appeals and the courts.PLUS we’ll round up the big news stories of the past fortnight.AND has the unlawful builder of “Britain’s biggest man cave” suddenly run out of road?A transcript of the podcast will be available to download here shortly.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.