Room 106

Ep108: Council reveals £826K planning budget overspend, local plan delays over NPPF changes, and Miliband threatened over solar farm approval

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Episode notes

In this episode, we will be discussing:


  • A local authority revealing an unauthorised £826,000 overspend in its planning budget due to a huge application backlog; 
  • How a number of councils halting local plan work due to the new government’s national planning policy changes; 
  • Four local authorities issuing a legal threat to the government over the energy secretary’s “error” in approving a huge solar farm. 


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