In this episode, we will:

• Explain how the government wants to shake up householder permitted development rights, and other moves to deregulate planning rules to create new homes and support electric vehicle charging points and heat pumps, in a new consultation;
• Examine ministers' proposed changes to national planning policy on brownfield land development;
• Discuss a row between housing secretary Michael Gove and London mayor Sadiq Khan over whether London Plan housing targets are being met;
• Consider the impact of the long-awaited introduction of the ten per cent biodiversity net gain requirement in all new developments, including new government guidance on the matter.

PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days.

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag 

Room 106 is the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24.

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