Have We Got Planning News For You

About Have We Got Planning News For You

Have We Got Planning News for You is a light-hearted review of the last two weeks developments by seven barristers from across the Planning Bar: Paul Tucker KC, Thea Osmund-Smith, Victoria Hutton, Charles Banner KC, Christopher Young KC, Melissa Murphy KC and John Litton KC. We invite a special guest from the most influential ranks of the Planning World, and we host a special topic every two weeks from Garden Cities to Planning Reform. The views expressed by our guests are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of the panellists.

Publisher

HWGPNFY

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Apr 2020

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 145 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   “Your First Home”: What, When, How & Why with David O'Leary, Executive Director of the HBF (S20 E2)

   Host [Host Name] interviews David O'Leary, Executive Director of the HBF, discussing the "Your First Home" government scheme and its potential impact on the industry.

2. 

   18 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The New National Planning Policy Framework, August 2026 (S20 E1)

   Planning barristers Paul Tucker KC, Thea Osmund-Smith, Charles Banner KC, Victoria Hutton, Christopher Young KC, Melissa Murphy KC, and John Litton KC analyze the new National Planning Policy Framework and its implications for the planning sector.

3. 

   16 Jul 2026

   Tim Goodwin, Ecologist and Director at Bennu Environmental (S19 E4)

   Our Special Guest this week is Tim Goodwin, Ecologist and Director at Bennu Environmental. Tim is one of the leading ecologists in planning well known to members of the planning bar, planning solicitors and planning consultants. Latest News Update on planning related matters. An Appeal Decision for Land west of the Cemetery, London Road in Maldon. The proposed development was for up to 275 residential units including affordable housing, land for a children’s nursery (Class E), 1.8ha of land for an extension to Maldon Cemetery, drainage works, landscaping, vehicular access to the A414, pedestrian/cycle access to Spital Road and London Road, and associated infrastructure works. A Decision of the High Court regarding a renewable energy park involving an array of solar panels, battery storage and associated infrastructure, to be constructed on a 32.5 hectare site at Whiterails Road, Wootton, on the Isle of Wight. A Decision of the Court of Appeal between North Warwickshire Borough Council and the SoS for Transport. The issue surrounded alterations made to the scheme for a 2.9km spur of the HS2 line running through North Warwickshire BC and that it should run in a tunnel rather than on the embankments and a viaduct following the passing of the 2017 Act. Visit our Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠hwgpnfy.com (https://havewegotplanningnewsforyou.com/)

Inside a recent episode

“Your First Home”: What, When, How & Why with David O'Leary, Executive Director of the HBF (S20 E2)

Published 1 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And from the 1960s up to 2023, we had a kind of continuous period almost of home ownership support from the government of all different stripes. That took different forms, obviously. We know there were mortgage interest reliefs and other types of interest type mortgage products. In from the 60s up until probably about 2000. And we had the right to buy, which supported a lot of people to get onto the ladder, but was essentially transferring stock from the social rented sector into the owner occupied sector. So didn't have a kind of supply side component. And in the 2000s, the government gets serious about the lack of housing supply and focuses those measures on new build only. […]

Who has been a guest on Have We Got Planning News For You

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• David O'Leary
• Lord Marvin Rees OBE
• Florence Eshalomi MP
• Elsie Owusu
• Lord Ben Gascoigne

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

153,750

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

4.8 / 5

20 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 48 / 100

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Quality

28

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

85

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