<p>In this edition, we’ll be discussing the housing secretary’s announcement of a series of further changes to the planning system, including: </p><p><br></p><ul><li>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.</li><li>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”.</li><li>A consultation on stripping three statutory consultees of their role and other revisions to the way local authorities engage with statutory consultees.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>We’ll also be discussing why a council has apologised after accidentally releasing personal details of 625 respondents to its local plan consultation.</p><br><p>Key planning news, and why it is important, brought to you by the team behind <em>Planning </em>magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.</p><br><p>Find the latest planning news at <a href="http://planningresource.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">planningresource.co.uk</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/PlanningMag" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@PlanningMag</a>&nbsp;</p><br><p>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.</p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>