Ep20: The implications of more plan-making delays, why a man cave has landed an accountant in jail, and what is behind the latest spate of big consultancy takeovers

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In this episode we’ll explore:

• What the decision by two more councils to delay the production of their local plans tells us about the state of plan-making across the country  
• Why the High Court has ruled that a structure does not need to be physically connected to a building to qualify as a permissible extension in the green belt
• How the accountant who illegally built Britain’s biggest man cave ended up in jail for for refusing to start the building’s removal

AND in our deep dive section, we’ll be examining the latest spate of takeovers of big planning consultancies by multidisciplinary North American firms, and asking what is driving them.

PLUS, why an MP told Parliament that it’s time to “make the planning profession sexy again”.

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

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