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Meet the MPs - Labour
Episode 169
The role of local councillors in the planning system has been a familiar topic of conversation on the podcast in the context of, for example, overtur…
13 hours ago
Reform, reform and more Reform
Episode 168
Sam Stafford was in Manchester recently and took the opportunity to catch up with friends of the podcast Charlotte Leach, Katie Wray, Claire Petricca…
1 week ago
LGR
Episode 167
The 2026 local elections will likely turn out to be significant for a number of reasons. Westminster psychodrama aside though, one area of immediate …
2 weeks ago
The West Midlands Problem (plus Grey Belt and some other stuff)
Episode 166
Sam Stafford was in Birmingham recently and took the opportunity to catch up with friends of the podcast Mike Best, Kathryn Ventham and Michelle Simp…
4 weeks ago
What is really wrong with the Habitats Regulations?
Episode 165
DEFRA recently launched a consultation on significant changes to it’s guidance on how Habitat Regulations Assessments should be carried out, which co…
1 month, 1 week ago
Some Things Just Take Time
Episode 164
Sam Stafford was in London recently and took the opportunity to catch up with old friends of the podcast Mike Kiely, Annie Gingell, Andrew Taylor and…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
New Towns: Practicalities & Placemaking
Episode 163
New Towns are back in the news because the Government has announced the first formal step in creating the next generation of them with the launch of …
2 months ago
All Around the World - The Netherlands
Episode 162
This is the third of a series of episodes being led by the oldest friend of the podcast, Paul Smith.
Paul put it to Sam Stafford that debates about t…
2 months, 1 week ago
Appeal Ready
Episode 161
Sam Stafford was in Manchester last week and took the opportunity to catch up with friends of the podcast Lisa Tye, Andrew Johnston and Louise Founta…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Hitting the High Notes - Catriona Riddell
Episode 160
Strategic planning, as Sam Stafford said in the introduction to episode number 157, is back. That episode looked at what shape it is in right now. Wh…
3 months, 1 week ago