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Hail To The Chief
Episode 186
One of the most common topics of conversation that Sam Stafford heard at UKREiiF this year was the need for statutory chief planners. There are perha…
10 hours ago
Neutral Impact IV
Episode 185
When 50 Shades of Planning first covered nutrient neutrality in February 2021, Sam Stafford described the process of eutrophication as a bit like the…
1 week ago
The New Local Plan-Making System
Episode 184
The previous Government’s Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 introduced the legislative framework for a new system of local plan-making and in Ma…
2 weeks ago
A Framework-Led Conversation
Episode 183
Whilst in London recently Sam Stafford took the opportunity to catch up with old friends of the podcast Simon Ricketts, Andrew Taylor and Mike Kiely.…
4 weeks ago
Meet a MP and an AM - Reform UK
Episode 182
As regular listeners know there is often talk on the 50 Shades of Planning podcast about the role of local councillors in the planning system, in the…
1 month ago
We Can't Stop Planning
Episode 181
Sam Stafford was in Manchester recently and took the opportunity to catch up with old friends of the podcast Lisa Tye, Shaun Knights and Jaimie Fergu…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Viable Options
Episode 180
The basis of this episode was a series of posts Sam Stafford spotted that Nick Cuff at Urban Sketch had shared on his Prop Views blog about the Parkh…
2 months ago
Why do places look the way they do?
Episode 179
Sam Stafford was at a symposium organised by Create Streets at Hatfield House in June last year called ‘Building for generations’. All of the present…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Vibes and Stuff
Episode 178
Sam Stafford was in Birmingham recently and took the opportunity whilst there to catch up with old friend of the podcast Myles Wild Smith and new fri…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Hitting the High Notes - Richard Schofield
Episode 177
This is another episode in the Hitting the High Notes series, which, if you have not listened to one before, is town planning's equivalent, nee rip o…
2 months, 4 weeks ago