''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''. ''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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