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Planning magazine 229 - Ep224: What the pausing of the local government reorganisation programme means for planners

Key recent 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 nearly 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag

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Published 16 Sep 2026

Duration 18:44

Episodes

229-

Ep224: What the pausing of the local government reorganisation programme means for planners

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16 Sep 2026

228-

Ep223: All the planning news from the Reform UK party conference, plus a first-take on the government’s council reorganisation review

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09 Sep 2026

227-

Ep222: Why appeal-ready planning applications are on the rise and what it means for applicants and authorities

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03 Sep 2026

226-

Ep221: Your 40-minute guide to the rewritten National Planning Policy Framework

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28 Aug 2026

225-

Ep220: Casebook Extra – the month’s key ministerial, inspectors’ and court decisions summarised

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26 Aug 2026

224-

Ep219: A 15-minute first-take briefing on the key changes in the newly updated NPPF

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20 Aug 2026

223-

Ep218: Why a judge criticised planning officers when quashing consent for Tottenham Hotspur green belt training ground

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12 Aug 2026

222-

Ep217: Why the government is telling inspectors to relax their viability assessment of local plans, plus other key news from last week

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05 Aug 2026

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Ep216: Andy Burnham’s new-look housing ministry, plus the key policies in the new draft London Plan

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29 Jul 2026

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Ep215: Casebook Extra – the month’s key ministerial, inspectors’ and court decisions summarised

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24 Jul 2026

219-

Ep214: The key planning tasks facing the new Prime Minister, plus the latest on the new NPPF and application fees

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22 Jul 2026

218-

Ep213: Why the new 250-word limit for written appeal forms has sparked consternation

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15 Jul 2026

217-

Ep212: The key takeaways for planners from Burnham's first big speech as a potential Prime Minister

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08 Jul 2026

216-

Ep211: What the relentless rise of councils under no overall control means for planners

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01 Jul 2026

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Ep210: Casebook Extra – the month’s key ministerial, inspectors’ and court decisions summarised

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26 Jun 2026

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Ep209: Starmer resigns with Burnham poised to replace him; plus nine councils placed in planning ‘special measures’

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24 Jun 2026

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Ep208: The implications of the scaling back of planning committee decision-making

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17 Jun 2026

212-

Lord Heseltine: "You’re just playing in toy town”

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15 Jun 2026

211-

Ep207: Why a council wants to withdraw from the new towns programme and how the PM has pushed back against it

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10 Jun 2026

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Ep206: Casebook Extra – the month’s key ministerial, inspectors’ and court decisions summarised

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05 Jun 2026

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Ep205: How Andy Burnham becoming Prime Minister would impact planning

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03 Jun 2026

208-

Ep204: The planning highlights from the UKREiiF property conference

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28 May 2026

207-

Ep203: How far the government has got in recruiting its 1,400 promised new planners

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21 May 2026

206-

Ep202: What the local election results mean for planning and development

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13 May 2026

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Ep201: The profits, turnover and margins of the UK's biggest planning consultancies

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07 May 2026

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Ep200: The types of development that will and won't be exempt from biodiversity net gain requirements

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30 Apr 2026

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Ep199: Casebook Extra – the month’s key ministerial, inspectors’ and court decisions summarised

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28 Apr 2026

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Ep198: Why councillor criticism of planning officers in committee meetings appears to be on the rise

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22 Apr 2026

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Ep197: Inspector tells developer to pay council’s costs for pulling out of green belt housing appeal at ‘extremely late stage’

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16 Apr 2026

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Ep196: The great CIL repayment - how much could be refunded to developers?

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09 Apr 2026

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Ep195: Member slams planning officers over grey belt recommendations, a ministerial local plan intervention and final new towns shortlist revealed

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02 Apr 2026

198-

Will Whitehorn: “We have to industrialise in space. It is an imperative”

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02 Apr 2026

197-

Space-Comm Expo: Jamming, spoofing, FOMO and farming

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26 Mar 2026

196-

Ep194: The biggest employers of female planners and why there is pressure for the new NPPF to address women’s safety

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26 Mar 2026

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Ep193: Casebook Extra – the month’s key ministerial, inspectors’ and court decisions summarised

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20 Mar 2026

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Ep192: What the government has revealed about how the new local plan system will work

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18 Mar 2026

193-

Ep191: How the growth in AI objection letters is impacting planners

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11 Mar 2026

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Ep190: Why a council is set to charge for invalid planning applications plus PINS issues updated AI guidance

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04 Mar 2026

191-

Why the business of space is everyone’s business

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03 Mar 2026

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Ep189: How a court ruling impacts national grey belt rules, plus the lowdown on the government's new pollution mitigation scheme

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25 Feb 2026

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Ep188: Government reveals proposed geography of new strategic planning system and makes two local plan interventions

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18 Feb 2026

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Ep187: Six key factors for inspectors determining brownfield appeals in the green belt

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11 Feb 2026

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Ep186: Casebook Extra – the month’s key ministerial, inspectors’ and court decisions summarised

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09 Feb 2026

186-

Ep185: Why two landowners have been handed prison sentences for breaking planning laws

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04 Feb 2026

185-

Ep184: Your 30-minute guide to the most significant planning policy and legal changes in the next six months

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28 Jan 2026

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Ep183: Two councils’ planning services hit by cyber-attacks, plus Pennycook’s affordable housing intervention

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21 Jan 2026

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Ep182: The key takeaways from the latest in-depth report on the planning consultancy market

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14 Jan 2026

182-

Ep181: Your 40-minute guide to the new draft NPPF

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08 Jan 2026

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Ep180: A first-take overview of the new NPPF, plus local plans in peril

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17 Dec 2025

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Ep179: Why the government’s drive to digitise the planning system is yet to make a meaningful impact on services

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10 Dec 2025

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