In this bonus edition, we discuss a recent investigation by Planning on the impact of cost-saving management consultants on council planning services, asking:

• What is this cost-saving process and why are so many councils doing it?
• Why are planning officers concerned about it?
• What examples are there of local authorities that have undergone these procedures and how have their planning departments been affected?

PLUS, we round up the key announcements in last week's Budget and 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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