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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, 5 months 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, 6 months 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, 6 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, 7 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, 8 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, 9 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, 9 months ago
🎅🏻The 50 Shades of Planning Festive Christmas Quiz🎄
Episode 10
Full of festive cheer (and sherry), Sam Stafford quizzes Greg Dickson, Paul Smith, David Diggle, Andrew Jalali, Vicky Payne and Tom Whitehead on some…
6 years, 10 months ago
How To Plan Strategically Without Strategic Planning
Episode 9
10 January 2020, as planners working in the West Midlands will know, is the date by which the 37,900 home shortfall identified in the Birmingham Deve…
6 years, 11 months ago
A Conversation with Bob Kerslake
Episode 8
Sam Stafford chats with The Right Honourable The Lord Kerslake, who, as former Chief Executive of Sheffield and Hounslow councils; Chief Executive of…
7 years ago