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

Room 106··5 August 2026·31 min

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The award-winning Planning team extracts the latest key planning news from the blizzard of new information in Room 106, the vault where all new planning information is gathered. In this episode, we’ll be discussing:The arrival of a new prime minister. What are the key planning tasks in Andy Burnham’s in-tray? And what has he said about planning since he became Labour Party at the end of last week?What’s happening with the much-anticipated new version of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)?The government confirming national planning fee rates that seek to meet 90 per cent of the costs of processing applications Key planning news, and why it is important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.