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Episode 20
Sam Stafford, wary halfway through his career of becoming a world-weary, cynical member of the town planning establishment, seeks to recapture some o…
5 years, 11 months ago
Stay Alert > Keep Planning > Improve Lives
Episode 19
Sam Stafford gets some of the 50 Shades gang back together for the type of Friday afternoon, Adam Buxton-style ramblechat that would have taken place…
6 years ago
The CaMKOx Arc. Behind the curve?
Episode 18
In a 2016 interim report on the Cambridge-Milton Keynes-Oxford corridor, or the Arc, the National Infrastructure Commission identified the area as ha…
6 years ago
The London Plan. Capital Punishment?
Episode 17
Is there any substance to Robert Jenrick’s criticism of Sadiq Khan’s London Plan or is it just the victim of some Punch and Judy-style, blue on red o…
6 years ago
Green Belt. Sacred Cow?
Episode 16
'I began to see what a sacred cow the Green Belt has become' said Minister for Housing & Local Government Richard Crossman in 1964.
The Green Belt is…
6 years, 1 month ago
Planning and Coronavirus
Episode 15
Robert Jenrick set out on 12 March 2020 proposals “to bring Britain’s planning system into the 21st century as part of plans to get the country build…
6 years, 2 months ago
The Fast-Paced, Ever-Changing, Rock and Roll World of Town and Country Planning
Episode 14
2020 looks set to be another significant year for planning policy. Already it has seen the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission’s final rep…
6 years, 3 months ago
How and Where Can and Should More Homes be Built?
Episode 13
Sam Stafford chats with John Myers (YIMBY Alliance), Barbara Weiss (Barbara Weiss Architects) and Matt Thomson (CPRE) about how to build more and bet…
6 years, 3 months ago
A Conversation with David Rudlin
Episode 12
Sam Stafford chats with David Rudlin, Principal and Director of URBED, about his book Climax City, co-authored with Shruti Humani, which is a critica…
6 years, 4 months ago
Reasons to be Cheerful
Episode 11
Is planning in England, as asserted by the Raynsford Review, really less effective than at any time in the post-war era? Chris Shepley, a former Chie…
6 years, 4 months ago