Ep180: A first-take overview of the new NPPF, plus local plans in peril
Update: 2025-12-17
Description
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.
Comments
In Channel























