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Emerging Planners
Episode 176
A couple of months ago Sam Stafford saw that Shaun Knights at Preston City Council and national vice chair of the Young Planning Officers Society (PO…
3 months ago
Meet the MPs - Lib Dems
Episode 175
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…
3 months, 1 week ago
Red Hot Planning Chat
Episode 174
Sam Stafford was in London recently and whilst there caught up with friends of the podcast Hana Loftus, Mike Kiely, Nicola Gooch, Simon Ricketts and …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
All Around the World - New Zealand
Episode 173
This is the fourth 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 …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Hitting the High Notes - Peter Soulsby
Episode 172
Sam Stafford was invited to a ProCon Leicestershire event in Leicester in October 2025 and also on the panel that evening was his old friend Grant Bu…
4 months ago
The Shard Inquiry
Episode 171
This episode features the recording of an event hosted by Lorenzo Pandolfi and Simone Pagani in February 2026. Lorenzo and Simone invited Chris Katko…
4 months, 1 week ago
The Tip of the AIceberg
Episode 170
"The second (epochal change) is the technology revolution led by developments in artificial intelligence, which will change everything. I mean everyt…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
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…
4 months, 3 weeks 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…
5 months 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 …
5 months, 1 week ago