We are delighted to share with you the first episode of Concilio’s Better Places podcast for 2025. Our Managing Director Nick Dines sat down with the country’s highest rated planning solicitor – Simon Ricketts, Partner at Town Legal.
In this latest episode of the Better Places podcast Nick and Simon sought to summarise the key planning and local government changes announced by the Government in the run-up to Christmas, discussing:
- The 12-week requirement for local authorities to commit to a new timetable for Local Plans
- What the presumption in favour of sustainable development must have real teeth means for councils without a Plan in place
- The Five-Year Housing Land Supply implications
- Clarity on the ‘Grey Belt’ definition
- The impact of the London Plan being used as a model for Mayoral Strategic Authorities in developing Spatial Development Strategies
- Whether councils can manage the workload given all the announced changes
