Ep63: Lords kill off government plans to boost housebuilding by relaxing water pollution controls in the levelling up bill, plus other key news

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 discuss:The government’s plans to free up housebuilding by relaxing water pollution controls on new developments being rejected by the House of Lords.A Surrey council has responded furiously to an order from the planning minister not to withdraw its emerging local plan from examination. We explain the background to the row.   Lawyers have not long returned from their annual get-together in Oxford. We’ll hear the key messages to emerge from the Joint Planning Law Conference.PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past fortnight.Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.A transcript of the podcast will be available to download here shortly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.