Ep116: Why new requirements for the early submission of legal agreements alongside written appeals has prompted alarm

Room 106

This week, we discuss:

• Why planning consultants and lawyers are alarmed about new requirements for the early submission of planning obligation agreements as part of written representation appeals;
• Three more councils announcing delays to their local plans in response to the government’s proposed national planning policy changes;
• A council in Oxfordshire being condemned as "wholly irresponsible" for a £213,000 overspend on defending appeals so far this year;
• Seven planning partners defect from one of the country’s biggest planning law firms to a rival outfit.

We also round up the other key news from the past week to make sure you’re up to speed on all the goings-on in the planning sector.

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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