Room 106

Ep110: Why councils faced with hikes in housing need are accelerating plan preparation, plus other key news

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Episode notes

In this episode, we discuss: 


  • Why councils faced with hikes in housing requirements under Labour’s proposed changes to the assessment method are accelerating plan preparation;
  • What we know about the government’s task force to speed up housing delivery;
  • What the fact that only a handful of applications for government biodiversity gain credits have been made tells us about how the system is operating.


PLUS the past fortnight’s other headlines summarised.


Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 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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