''Permission Impossible: Britain's Planners'' is a

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fly-on-the-wall television documentary series broadcast on

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, which follows local council planning officers as they deal with applications for

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. It is the successor to ''

The Planners ''The Planners'' is a British television documentary series broadcast on BBC Two. It follows the work of local planning officers in the United Kingdom, including planners in Cheshire, Greater Manchester, the Scottish Borders and Gloucestershire ...

''. ''Permission Impossible: Britain's Planners'' follows the work of council planning officers in the United Kingdom, including planners from

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and

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. The series, which consists of eight episodes, began on 25 February 2014 and was broadcast each week-night from Tuesday to Friday on BBC Two at 7pm, over a two-week period.

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