Ep45: Labour’s planning promises, tougher penalties for slow-building developers and the elusive replacement for the duty on councils to cooperate

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In this episode we:

• Take a look at the Labour party’s statement that it would “reintroduce requirements on local areas to build in line with local housing need” if it came to power
• Expand on what a senior civil servant has told MPs regarding the government’s proposed replacement for the duty on local authorities to co-operate on meeting housing need
• Consider the latest agreed amendments to the levelling up bill, including a power for authorities to refuse to determine any applications from slow-building developers across their entire areas

PLUS we’ll round up the other big news stories of the past fortnight.

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

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