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🏆The #Planoraks Awards 2023🏆
Episode 113
Hopefully everybody involved in the fast-paced, ever-changing, rock and roll world of town and country has had a restful Christmas and have managed t…
2 years, 2 months ago
🎅🏻The 50 Shades of Planning Festive Christmas Quiz - London🤶🏻
Episode 112
Well Planning Reform Day finally arrived, just in time for the profession to be able to digest a cavalcade of announcements over Christmas, but not i…
2 years, 3 months ago
☃️The 50 Shades of Planning Festive Christmas Quiz - Manchester🎄
Episode 111
So it is Christmas and, as Sam Stafford was asked in his appraisal, what have you done?
Another year over and a new one just begun.
If you cannot act…
2 years, 3 months ago
Pre-Apps and PPAs
Episode 110
As far back as Sam Stafford can remember Planning Performance Agreements (PPAs) have been the answer to questions about both how to get more resource…
2 years, 3 months ago
A B~~~~~'s Muddle
Episode 109
Before heading to London for the week, Sam Stafford caught up with 50 Shades stalwarts Paul Smith, Katie Wray and Ian Wray for a wide-ranging ramblec…
2 years, 3 months ago
Going Public
Episode 108
The RTPI's recently published ‘State of the Profession’ report identified, perhaps unsurprisingly, that planners are increasingly being employed in t…
2 years, 4 months ago
A Plan for England
Episode 107
"Regional Spatial Strategies bridged the gap between those planning issues determined by local policy or concern, and those subject to policy goals d…
2 years, 4 months ago
A LURA LURA Laughs
Episode 106
Whilst in London this week Sam Stafford recorded an end-of-month ramblechat with Ben Castell, Catriona Riddell, Gilian Macinnes and Nicola Gooch.
The…
2 years, 5 months ago
Planning is Brilliant
Episode 105
A few months ago old friend of the podcast Rebecca Coley, Head of Planning & Development at Trafford Council, messaged Sam Stafford suggesting a 50 S…
2 years, 5 months ago
A Conversation with Ben Everitt
Episode 104
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Housing Market & Housing Delivery is a cross-party group of MPs and Peers dedicated to improving the UK hou…
2 years, 5 months ago