Episodes

  • Ep216: Andy Burnham’s new-look housing ministry, plus the key policies in the new draft London Plan
    Jul 29 2026

    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 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.

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    25 mins
  • Ep215: Casebook Extra – the month’s key ministerial, inspectors’ and court decisions summarised
    Jul 24 2026

    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.

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    24 mins
  • Ep214: The key planning tasks facing the new Prime Minister, plus the latest on the new NPPF and application fees
    Jul 22 2026

    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 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.

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    31 mins
  • Ep213: Why the new 250-word limit for written appeal forms has sparked consternation
    Jul 15 2026

    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.

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    18 mins
  • Ep212: The key takeaways for planners from Burnham's first big speech as a potential Prime Minister
    Jul 8 2026

    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.

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    21 mins
  • Ep211: What the relentless rise of councils under no overall control means for planners
    Jul 1 2026

    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 delays


    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.

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    24 mins
  • Ep210: Casebook Extra – the month’s key ministerial, inspectors’ and court decisions summarised
    Jun 26 2026

    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.

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    20 mins
  • Ep209: Starmer resigns with Burnham poised to replace him; plus nine councils placed in planning ‘special measures’
    Jun 24 2026

    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.

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    21 mins