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

Podcast: Room 106 · Planning magazine

Opublikowano: 2026-08-05

The latest edition of our monthly series examining the key recent appeal and court decisions, in which we speak to technical editor David Dewar, who compiles Planning’s long-running Casebook section. In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be discussing: What the return of Angela Rayner and the retention of Matthew Pennycook, as housing secretary and planning minister, respectively, means for the planning sector;And why Pennycook’s latest ministerial letter to PINS could offer a lifeline for some local plan examinations. More information on all these cases can be f...