Ep16: Implications of next month’s promised NPPF ‘update’, Gove’s plan to rein in PINS on housing need and the levelling-up bill’s proposals to change strategic planning

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 In this episode we’ll explore:

• The implications of housing secretary Michael Gove’s announcement that a new draft of the National Planning Policy Framework will be published next month
• What Gove’s statement to Parliament that he will take steps to ensure the Planning Inspectorate does not impose unrealistically high housing need figures on communities might mean 
• Why MPs are concerned about plans for new infrastructure levy proposed in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill
• And in our deep dive section, regular contributor David Blackman talks about how the levelling-up bill proposes to change strategic planning arrangements

PLUS

The winners of the 2022 Planning Awards 

A transcript of the podcast is available from the Planning website here.

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