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Our Friends in the North - Part 2
Episode 50
This is the second of two 50 Shades episodes that Stephen Gleave has put together. Stephen is an urban designer and town planner and has been based i…
4 years, 8 months ago
Our Friends in the North - Part 1
Episode 49
For both this episode and the next one Sam Stafford hands over the 50 Shades reins to Stephen Gleave. Stephen is an urban designer and town planner a…
4 years, 9 months ago
Where Are We Now?
Episode 48
'Where are we now?' asks Sam Stafford in this episode not in the manner of an exasperated child in the back of a hot car staring out at a traffic jam…
4 years, 9 months ago
Aging Well In Place
Episode 47
Hidden in the conclusions of the December 2020 Household Resilience Study (a Covid-specific follow-up to the English Housing Survey) was the striking…
4 years, 10 months ago
The Bin Lorry Effect
Episode 46
‘Well-intentioned highways department rules and guidance have had a devastating effect on new housing developments over the past 80 years. Many have …
4 years, 10 months ago
A Conversation with Clive Betts
Episode 45
Death, taxes and reform are the three certainties that accompany planners along life’s endless cycleway. Insofar as the latter is concerned, this is …
4 years, 11 months ago
Some Are More Equal Than Others
Episode 44
What is town planning for? The Royal Town Planning Institute champions the ‘power of planning in creating prosperous places and vibrant communities’.…
4 years, 11 months ago
Hitting the High Notes - Ben Castell
Episode 43
Hitting The High Notes is town planning’s equivalent of Desert Island Discs. In these episodes Sam Stafford chats to preeminent figures in the planni…
5 years ago
Fudge
Episode 42
"Thanks to our planning system, we have nowhere near enough homes in the right places. People cannot afford to move to where their talents can be mat…
5 years ago
Cracking the Code
Episode 41
“We should aspire to pass on our heritage to our successors, not depleted but enhanced. In order to do that, we need to bring about a profound and la…
5 years, 1 month ago