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Ep172: An important Supreme Court ruling on nutrient neutrality and 'emergency' planning measures to boost London housebuilding

Ep172: An important Supreme Court ruling on nutrient neutrality and 'emergency' planning measures to boost London housebuilding

Update: 2025-10-29
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In this edition, we’ll be discussing: 

  • The Supreme Court overturning a Court of Appeal ruling that upheld the refusal on nutrient pollution grounds of a developer’s bid to discharge conditions relating to a 650-home scheme.
  • The housing ministry and the mayor of London announcing an “emergency” package of measures aiming to boost housebuilding in the capital that includes a relaxation of affordable housing requirements.
  • A report from the Parliamentary watchdog on the developer contribution system that warns ministers about a “drought of planners in local authorities”.
  • Plus the other biggest planning news stories from the past week.


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.



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Ep172: An important Supreme Court ruling on nutrient neutrality and 'emergency' planning measures to boost London housebuilding

Ep172: An important Supreme Court ruling on nutrient neutrality and 'emergency' planning measures to boost London housebuilding