Ep46: Do Jeremy Clarkson’s criticisms of the planning system stack up? Plus Gove’s threatening letter to councils, and other key news stories of the past week

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In this episode we take a deep dive into:

• The complaints about planning made by Jeremy Clarkson in the second series of his documentary Clarkson’s Farm, after the local authority refused his barn to restaurant conversion plan.
• How councils have responded to these criticisms.

We’ll also investigate some threatening letters from Michael Gove to local authorities that have been slow to make decisions. 

PLUS we’ll summarise the other key news stories of the past week.

Read our full feature on Clarkson's criticisms of the planning system here

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

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