<p>In this episode, we’ll be discussing:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>The seven new towns to be pursued by the government, plus the five locations from its adviser’s original list that have been dropped.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>And a planning committee member telling officers they should be ashamed of themselves for recommending grey belt applications for approval.</li></ul><p><br></p><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>