Ep65: The planning implications of shortening HS2, plus other key news

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In this episode we discuss:

• The prime minister told last week’s Tory conference that he was scrapping the remaining northern leg of the HS2 high-speed rail link. We explore the implications for planning.
• Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves set out her party’s planning agenda in her speech at the Labour party conference this week. What exactly is Labour proposing?
• The introduction of the requirement for major building schemes to generate an increase in biodiversity has been pushed back to January. We’ll examine the implications for developers and planning authorities.
• PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past fortnight.

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