Ep26: What we know about new planning minister Lucy Frazer, how the Supreme Court has cast doubt on the validity of old consents, and why a council error over heritage harm sank a big housing scheme

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In this episode:

• What we know about Lucy Frazer – the fifth person to hold the housing and planning minister’s job this year
• How a company that aims to win housing permissions for other firms to build won an appeal against the refusal of 290 homes on an unallocated greenfield site 
• And why permission for a similar sized scheme has been quashed by the courts after an error was found in the way the council assessed it for harmfulness to heritage

PLUS, in our Deep Dive section we explore what a Supreme Court ruling that a 55-year-old planning permission can no longer be implemented means for other developers and landowners potentially relying on old consents

AND in our readers’ choice section, a senior planning inspector advises lawyers not to “resort to theatrics” if they want to help speed up inquiries

By the end of the show, you should know enough to impress your colleagues and bore your family. 

A transcript of the podcast will be available to download here shortly. 

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