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In this episode, we’ll be discussing:The High Court quashing a council’s consent for a Premier League football club’s green belt training ground following a “serious” failure by planning officers to disclose background papers on the environmental impacts.A series of decisions by planning minister Matthew Pennycook, including the overturning of a council’s approval of plans for a mixed-use scheme comprising 3,500 homes and an 8,000-seat stadium due to health risks.The government relaxing height limits on solar panels that can be installed without a planning application.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.

The latest edition of our monthly series examining the key recent appeal and court decisions, in which we speak to technical editor David Dewar, who compiles Planning’s long-running Casebook section. In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be discussing:What the return of Angela Rayner and the retention of Matthew Pennycook, as housing secretary and planning minister, respectively, means for the planning sector;And why Pennycook’s latest ministerial letter to PINS could offer a lifeline for some local plan examinations. More information on all these cases can be found in the July edition of Casebook on Planning Resource. 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.

The latest edition of our monthly series examining the key recent appeal and court decisions, in which we speak to technical editor David Dewar, who compiles Planning’s long-running Casebook section. In this episode, we’ll be discussing:A series of appointments at the housing ministry as part of the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s first cabinet reshuffle – with some familiar faces returning and continuing at the departments; The publication of the new draft London Plan - what are the key new policies?;And the latest letter from the planning minister to the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) on local plan examinations that advises inspectors how they should assess site viability and deliverability. More information on all these cases can be found in the July edition of Casebook on Planning Resource. 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.

The latest edition of our monthly series examining the key recent appeal and court decisions, in which we speak to technical editor David Dewar, who compiles Planning’s long-running Casebook section. This month, we’ll be discussing:How inspectors are assessing data centre need and weighing up landscape impacts; A retirement scheme permitted on green belt despite not meeting the 'golden rules' in national policy;A court ruling that considered when public consultations should be reopened if a planning application is resubmitted; The planning issues that are being thrown up by the spectacular growth in padel courts.More information on all these cases can be found in the July edition of Casebook on Planning Resource. 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.

The award-winning Planning team extracts the latest key planning news from the blizzard of new information in Room 106, the vault where all new planning information is gathered.In this episode, we’ll be discussing:The arrival of a new prime minister. What are the key planning tasks in Andy Burnham’s in-tray? And what has he said about planning since he became Labour Party at the end of last week?What’s happening with the much-anticipated new version of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)?The government confirming national planning fee rates that seek to meet 90 per cent of the costs of processing applicationsKey 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.

In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be examining:Why many practitioners are up in arms about the new 250-word limit for written appeal forms.How a £37k compensation award for a female planning officer reminds the sector to be vigilant about unequal pay.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.

In this episode, we’ll be discussing:The key planning takeaways from the first big speech by the likely Prime Minister-elect Andy Burnham;The planning minister making a last-minute intervention in the examination of the City of London Corporation’s emerging local plan over its potential heritage impacts;And three councils launching a legal challenge against the reduced affordable housing requirement in the mayor of London’s home-delivery stimulus package.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.

In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be casting a spotlight on:The dramatic rise in the number of councils under no overall political control – what does this mean for planning in those areas and how do you keep it moving?Why a judge blocking a council from submitting its local plan for examination has prompted fears of wider plan-making delaysKey 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.

The latest edition of our monthly series examining the key recent appeal and court decisions, in which we speak to technical editor David Dewar, who compiles Planning’s long-running Casebook section. This month, we’ll be discussing:An example of a proposal for a solar farm being refused on landscape grounds, bucking the trend for many such schemes being approved on the grounds of their benefits; Paragraph 14 of the National Planning Policy Framework being triggered and used successfully to fend off a housing proposal;A legal challenge to consent for the redevelopment of the Museum of London site, where the City of London Corporation was both applicant and planning authority; A petition against a mixed-use scheme proposed in Wandsworth signed by celebrities including Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Felicity Kendal, Anthea Turner and Harry Hill.More information on all these cases can be found in the June edition of Casebook on Planning Resource. 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.

In this episode, we’ll be discussing:The resignation of the Prime Minister, with new MP and former Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham poised to take over – how has the sector reacted and what might this mean for planning and development?Planning minister Matthew Pennycook placing nine councils in special measures for poor-quality decision-making on major planning applications – the first such designations made under the Labour administration;And a “shocked” civic society accusing a city council of making AI-generated errors in a planning application heritage statement.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.

In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be taking a close look at two of the biggest current changes to the planning system under the Labour government:Firstly, the scaling back of planning committee decision-making – how are councils dealing with revisions that seek to allow more planning applications to be decided by officers, rather than elected members? And secondly, the new system of local plan making – how some authorities are intending to hit this year’s deadline for submitting plans under the current system, but why others have decided not to do so.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.

Lord Heseltine tells the story of the birth of the European Space Agency. Why post-Apollo, when the US was spending £1.2 billion a year on space, the whole of Europe was spending just £200 million. Why the birth of ESA was driven by the self-interest of three major countries. Why the US general with a $29 billion budget for the Star Wars project wanted to invest in Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. Why, the idea that Britain could compete alone with the technologies that were accumulated and available to the American capitalist system was “simply laughable”. Why “being European is not selling out British interests”. And why Margaret Thatcher told him: “If you want to get on and put your budget into this, you can, but you're not getting any of mine." Join Alice and Lord Heseltine as they pick apart the negotiating contrivances and the wheeling and dealing to circumnavigate “turkeys not voting for Christmas” that ultimately put European space on the map.Contributors:Alice Bunn, President of UKspace Dr Alice Bunn OBE FIMechE FRAeS CEng | LinkedInUKspace: Overview | LinkedIn Lord Heseltine, Member of the House of LordsKey topics covered:Creation of the European Space Agency (ESA)US "Star Wars" program and brain drainGeopolitical case for European R&D collaborationImpact of Brexit on science and technology Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we’ll be discussing: A council shortlisted in the government’s new towns programme announcing that it has withdrawn from the process, following a change in political control at the local elections – prompting a response from the Prime Minister;A High Court judge blocking a council from submitting its local plan for examination pending the outcome of a legal challenge;An employment tribunal awarding a planning officer £37k for being paid less than her male predecessor; And the latest on the government’s proposed changes to planning committee decision-making.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.

The latest edition of our monthly series examining the key recent appeal and court decisions, in which we speak to technical editor David Dewar, who compiles Planning’s long-running Casebook section. This month, we’ll be discussing:A minister refusing a 750-home scheme despite the site being found to be grey belt, as its location would lead to high car-dependency and would therefore be "inappropriate" green belt development; The energy secretary's approval of a development consent order for what would be one of the UK's largest solar farms, prompting legal action from a Reform-run local authority;The High Court quashing a housing approval due to the “apparent bias” of a planning committee member who was “friendly” with one of the applicants;The challenges facing older people's housing schemes that go to appeal; And why an inspector decided not to grant a lawful development certificate for a shipping container in a garden in Surrey, having considered whether or not it should be considered a building.More information on all these cases can be found in the May edition of Casebook on Planning Resource. 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.

In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be discussing:Amid fevered speculation about a possible Labour Party leadership contest, what an Andy Burnham premiership would mean for planning and development;And how a Court of Appeal ruling reminds planners to think carefully before taking enforcement action.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.

In this episode, we’ll be discussing:The planning news that emerged from the UK’s biggest property conference, including important legislation and policy updates from the planning minister and the housing secretary; A volume housebuilder reacting with anger to an appeal decision and threatening legal action after its 867-home redevelopment plan was refused by an inspector;And a council blaming the government’s “muddy-thinking meddling” and “contradictory commands” for its decision to scrap its emerging local plan.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.

In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be discussing Planning’s investigation into the Labour government’s much-trumpeted promise to recruit 1,400 extra planning officers for councils before the end of the current parliament. We’ll be examining: What was promised; Progress to date and how likely the pledge is to be delivered;And the impact it could have on under-resourced council planning teams.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.

In this episode, we’ll be discussing:The local elections – the areas where the Reform UK and Green advance, and changes in council control, will have the greatest impact on planning and development.The High Court sentencing a homeowner to six months in prison for ignoring a planning injunction prohibiting an unauthorised house extension.The Court of Appeal finding apparent bias by a council planning director in revoking a lawful development certificate, in a case described by the judge as “most unusual”.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.

In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be discussing Planning’s exclusive and first-ever examination of the profits, turnover and margins of the UK’s biggest planning consultancies, based on their financial accounts filed with Companies House. We talk about:The highest-earning firms;  The most profitable consultancies and those with the biggest losses; Those with the highest and lowest operating profit margins;And we’ll be getting thoughts from consultants who feature in the survey on all of these matters.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.

In this episode, we’ll be discussing:The government confirming the kinds of development that will and won’t be exempt from the biodiversity net gain requirement – and announcing a further proposed opt-out.Fresh guidance for councils on how they should consult on and publicise their draft strategies under the impending new system for producing local plans.A Court of Appeal ruling that clarifies the scope of local authorities’ powers to refuse to determine planning applications for a site if an enforcement notice is already in force for the land.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.

This is the ninth edition of our monthly series examining the key recent appeal and court decisions in which we speak to technical editor David Dewar who compiles Planning's long-running Casebook section. This month, we will be discussing:A secretary of state decision that involved the use of a very rare direction allowing ministers to block the publication of specific evidence in a planning inquiry; How a housing scheme achieved consent in the setting of a World Heritage Site; A High Court ruling on the use of section 73 applications to modify affordable housing contributions;The difficulties facing local planning authorities defending new home appeals when they lack a five year housing land supply;And a planning inspector blocking a council's bid to take enforcement action against an unlawful mural of Mary Poppins.More information on all these cases can be found in the April edition of Casebook on Planning Resource. 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.

In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be taking a close look at two issues relating to planning committees that we recently covered in-depth on Planning Resource. We’ll be discussing:Why councillor criticism of planning officers in committee meetings appears to be on the rise.Government proposals to delegate more planning decisions to officers to determine, rather than elected members.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.

In this episode, we’ll be discussing:A planning inspector ordering a developer to pay a Surrey council’s full costs after pulling out of a 190-home green belt appeal at “an extremely late stage”.A minister approving a land promoter’s 1,700-home scheme on unallocated farmland despite conflict with a local plan.A Court of Appeal ruling that clarifies appeals procedure in planning enforcement cases.New regulations that revise rules around neighbourhood plans, including a new requirement for such plans not to prevent housebuilding in the wider local plan area.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.

In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be discussing:Claims that recent rulings made by the government’s Valuation Office Agency could require as many as four out of every ten councils that charge the community infrastructure levy (CIL) to make substantial repayments to developers.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.

In this episode, we’ll be discussing:The seven new towns to be pursued by the government, plus the five locations from its adviser’s original list that have been dropped.The government making a series of important policy announcements in relation to planning application fee rises, a new Land Use Framework and changes to planning committees, the ministerial calling-in of applications process and the local authority planning performance regime.A Home Counties council's defiance of the housing minister after he ordered it to allocate more green belt sites for development in its draft local plan.And a planning committee member telling officers they should be ashamed of themselves for recommending grey belt applications for approval.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.

How do we solve population pressure and climate crisis in space? How has GPS allowed us to provide 12% more food globally? How did the UK become a global leader in small satellite manufacture after the British Government said, “there’s no future for the UK satellite industry”? How did Elon Musk turn reusable rockets from science fiction to science fact in less than 20 years? What else are “Elon and Jeff” going to allow us to do? And why is SpaceX still “the elephant in the room”? Join Alice as she talks to Will Whitehorn, chair of giant space tech investor Seraphim and former president of Virgin Galactic, and they discuss the implications of “The Elon Musk show” and its legacy, “the beginnings of a competitive space industry of scale”. Contributors:Alice Bunn, President of UKspace Dr Alice Bunn OBE FIMechE FRAeS CEng | LinkedInUKspace: Overview | LinkedIn Will Whitehorn OBE, Seraphim Space Investment TrustWill Whitehorn OBE | LinkedInKey topics covered:UK satellite manufactureUK universitiesSpaceX valuationReuseable rocketsAgricultural managementPopulation pressureClimate crisisSolar powerData centres in spaceIndustrialising in space Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What did the Space-Comm Expo conference and exhibition tell us about connecting space and wider business? How does this manifest as tech connectivity in telecoms and why do farmers care about that? What did we learn about the benefits of extreme cold in manufacturing laboratories and why do pharmas care about that? How vulnerable are global logistics to the spoofing of navigation signals? And why is the UK government centralising space strategy in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology? Join Alice and Jonners as they reflect on the UK space sector’s largest trade event and the “energy, diversity and …sheer scope of what this industry has to offer”. Contributors:Alice Bunn, President of UKspace Dr Alice Bunn OBE FIMechE FRAeS CEng | LinkedInUKspace: Overview | LinkedIn Jonathan Daves, The Karman LineJonathan Daves | LinkedIn Subscribe to The Karman LineApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-k%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n-line/id1876605462Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3qED4CgdRDxfKKzYNKZCIH?si=lZ-I4a19SPGLAJL-dHi4DQYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheKármánLineUKKey topics covered:Space-Comm Expo, London, March 2026Conference overviewSector integrationInsuranceCustomer utilityGovernment roleFuture outlook Technological advancements· Telecoms· Manufacturing Defence and security· Satellite capabilities· Current threats Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be discussing:The planning consultancies that employ the most female planners – identifying the top companies and looking at the overall picture in the sector. Why MPs and campaigners are unhappy that the new draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) fails to address women’s safety.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.

This is the eighth edition of our monthly series examining the key recent appeal and court decisions in which we speak to technical editor David Dewar who compiles Planning's long-running Casebook section. This month, we will be discussing: The issues raised by the secretary of state approval of controversial plans to build a new Chinese Embassy in central London; Why an inspector endorsed a council’s own approach to assessing its five-year housing land supply rather than the usual government method; The significance of a High Court ruling that provides clarity on how decision-makers should assess greenhouse gas emissions;And how inspectors and ministers are considering the agent of change principle.More information on all these cases can be found in the February edition of Casebook on Planning Resource. 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.

In this episode, we’ll be discussing:New regulations and guidance from the housing ministry to pave the way for impending changes to the local plan-making system, including almost 40 local authorities being ordered to commence plan-making under the new system by the end of June.Planning inspectors recommending that a council withdraws its draft local plan from examination following “significant soundness concerns”.The Planning Portal accusing a start-up rival of making misleading claims, sparking legal threats.A round-up of the planning news from the annual MIPIM property conference.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.

In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be discussing the sharp rise in planning objections generated by artificial intelligence (AI), including:Our exclusive survey results on the impact it is having on planning decision-making and council resources. The legal issues that are raised.How local authorities are responding to the problem.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.

In this episode, we’ll be discussing:New guidance from the Planning Inspectorate on artificial intelligence (AI), warning that “improper use” of the technology could result in cost awards against appeal parties, plus other updates on how planners are using AI.A council announcing that it is considering charging developers and householders if they submit invalid planning applications, to reflect the “true cost” of processing the paperwork.Another local authority saying it will pursue “hundreds of thousands of pounds” in costs after a developer pulled out part way through a 190-home appeal.And the significance of a High Court ruling that upholds a planning inspector’s decision to back a developer’s bid to drop an affordable housing condition via a section 73 application.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.

As of 2026, the UK space industry is a significant and strategic driver of the national economy, contributing over £19 billion in revenue and supporting tens of thousands of high-skilled jobs. Satellite-based services and data underpin roughly 18% of UK GDP, equivalent to approximately £454 billion of the wider economy. And the sector is growing exponentially.But this is just the tip of the iceberg. For the space industry to fully realise its potential it needs more of the right people to understand what’s happening and get involved. People like policy makers, investors, regulators, planners, communicators, lawyers and consultants.Dr Alice Bunn, the president of UK Space, and her panel of guests, Sam Alden co-CEO of Space Solar, Nick Shave managing director of Astroscale and Anushka Sharma founder of Naaut, discuss the surprising, awe inspiring business of space and make the compelling case for why more companies and investors should get involved. Contributors:Host:Alice Bunn, President of UKspace Dr Alice Bunn OBE FIMechE FRAeS CEng | LinkedInUKspace: Overview | LinkedInGuests:Nick Shave, Managing Director of AstroscaleNick Shave FRAeS | LinkedInAstroscale: Overview | LinkedInSam Adlen, CEO of Space SolarSam Adlen | LinkedInSpace Solar: Overview | LinkedInAnushka Sharma, founder of NaautAnushka Sharma | LinkedInNaaut: About | LinkedInKey topics covered:Impact of Space on Everyday LifePractical ApplicationsEnvironmental MonitoringGlobal SecuritySustainability and Innovation in OrbitSpace DebrisManufacturing in MicrogravitySpace-Based Solar PowerEconomic and Regulatory LandscapeCost ReductionInvestment and FinanceRegulation and PolicyThe Future of Space ExplorationNew PlatformsAcademic Contribution Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be discussing:How an important High Court ruling sets a precedent for planners applying the government’s grey belt test.What the rollout of a Whitehall scheme allowing developers to pay to mitigate pollution means for you.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.

In this episode, we’ll be discussing: The government revealing the geography of England’s impending strategic planning system.The approval of controversial redevelopment of London’s Liverpool Street train station. The High Court clarifying national policy on grey belt land in a judgment upholding an inspector’s consent for a motorway services scheme. The housing minister making two interventions in the preparation of emerging local plans over the past fortnight.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.

In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be discussing a recent investigation by Planning into how planning inspectors are responding to a recent national policy change that eases rules around development on brownfield land in the green belt. In particular, it looks at the six most important considerations for inspectors when determining appeals for such proposals.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.

This is the seventh edition of our new monthly series examining the key recent appeal and court decisions in which we speak to technical editor David Dewar who compiles Planning's long-running Casebook section. This month, we will be discussing: How exceptional circumstances were found for a 112-home development in a national landscape in Surrey; A controversial inspector's decision that found that a site in the West Midlands could not be considered grey belt because of the presence of a nearby listed church - and how the government has responded; A Hich Court ruling that provides clarity on how planners should assess previously-developed land in the green beltAnd how inspectors are approaching proposals for huge film studios on green belt.More information on all these cases can be found in the November, December and January editions of Casebook on Planning Resource. 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.

In this episode, we’ll be discussing:The government announcing a series of “emergency” measures designed to increase the uptake of affordable homes secured via section 106 legal agreements;The housing minister removing a city council from planning performance “special measures” designation after almost two years; And two recent court cases in which landowners who have breached planning rules have been handed prison sentences.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.

In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be taking a look ahead at the government’s planning policy and legislation programme over the next six months – what are the key announcements and measures that we can expect?Among other things, we’ll be talking about measures in the recently-passed Planning and Infrastructure Act, national decision-making policies and impending changes to the plan-making system.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.

In this episode, we’ll be discussing: Two councils revealing that their planning services have been hit by cyber-attacks. The planning minister unveiling fresh details on the government’s new towns programme, including that it will consult on its preferred locations for the proposed settlements in the “coming weeks”. The same minister telling inspectors and councils that they should take a “pragmatic” approach to developers’ requests to modify planning consents to enable lower affordable housing contributions.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.

In this deep-dive edition, we’ll be discussing Planning’s latest annual Planning Consultancy Market Report, which takes an in-depth and exclusive look at the planning consultancy market.We'll be examining:The firms with the biggest and fastest-growing planning consultancy teams.The companies with the highest planning fee income and fee rates.And consultants’ thoughts on the state of the job market and most sought-after skills. 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.

In this episode, we’ll unsurprisingly be discussing the publication of a new and heavily rewritten draft version of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). We’re going to devote almost the whole show to the new framework, which came out just before Christmas, including looking at the very different structure and approach in the draft document as well as proposed changes around densification of development, the presumption in favour of sustainable development, viability, green belt, strategic planning and local housing need.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.

In this episode, we’ll be discussing: Some well-sourced intelligence on what we can expect from the new National Planning Policy Framework, which was published this week, and discussion of the forthcoming passing of the government’s flagship Planning and Infrastructure Act. A series of emerging local plans in different parts of the country that have run into trouble with government planning inspectors during their examination.A council refusing plans for 900 green belt homes despite a planning chief’s warning of a “very strong risk” of an appeal costs award.A warning from the chief planning inspector that appeal decision-makers are facing “false and fraudulent representations” generated by artificial intelligence.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.

In this deep-dive edition, we’ll be discussing an exclusive, in-depth report by Planning on why the government’s drive to digitise planning is yet to make a meaningful impact on services.We’ll also be rounding up the key planning news from the past week to make sure you’re 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.

In this episode, we’ll be discussing:All the planning news from last week’s Budget, including the promise of further funding to boost planning capacity.An important announcement from the housing minister on the future of the legal duty to cooperate for and other impending changes to the local plan system.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.

In this edition, we’ll be discussing the housing secretary’s announcement of a series of further changes to the planning system, including: Changes to the ministerial application call-in process that would require English councils to tell the housing ministry when they intend to refuse planning applications for schemes of more than 150 homes.Impending changes to the National Planning Policy Framework that would mean planning applications for homes and other “suitable” development near “well-connected” train stations will receive a default “yes” from decision-makers, providing they “meet certain rules”.A consultation on stripping three statutory consultees of their role and other revisions to the way local authorities engage with statutory consultees.We’ll also be discussing why a council has apologised after accidentally releasing personal details of 625 respondents to its local plan consultation.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.

In this deep-dive edition, we’ll be discussing:How the government’s decision to make national development management policies non-statutory will impact plan-making and development management.What the proposed relaxation of London’s affordable housing requirements would mean for practitioners – both inside and outside the capital.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.

This is the sixth edition of our new monthly series examining the key recent appeal and court decisions in which we speak to technical editor David Dewar who compiles Planning's long-running Casebook section. This month, we will be discussing: The energy secretary's consent for a large off-shore wind farm in the Irish Sea that took account of the risk of so-called "wake effects"; A planning inspector allowing 39 homes on green belt land on the basis that it would enable the refurbishment of a listed building; The risk of costs being awarded against councils in appeal cases where they are deemed to have acted unreasonably; The High Court blocking a council's attempt to enforce affordable housing provision after the site of a permitted development is sold to a new owner.More information on all these cases can be found in the October 2025 edition of Casebook on Planning Resource. 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.

In this edition, we’ll be discussing: A significant announcement on local government reorganisation and what it could mean for planning.A city council taking legal action against three developers whom it says collectively owe it almost £1 million in unpaid section 106 contributions.The launch of a £10 million government tender for the creation of a new “planning tool” to enable “AI-augmented decision-making for planning applications”.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.

In this deep-dive edition, we’ll be discussing an exclusive Planning report into England’s 30 biggest and busiest local planning authorities — who are these councils and what are the key findings into their staffing and activity levels?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.