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Another Conversation with Clive Betts
Episode 99
Long-serving listeners might recall that for episode 45 of the podcast Sam Stafford published a conversation with Clive Betts, MP for Sheffield South…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Power of Plans - Dublin
Episode 97
This episode is part of an international triumvirate, which has been put together with the help of old friend of the podcast, Ian Wray, and new frien…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Power of Plans - Shenzen
Episode 96
This episode is part of an international triumvirate, which has been put together with the help of old friend of the podcast, Ian Wray, and new frien…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Power of Plans - New York
Episode 98
This episode is part of an international triumvirate, which has been put together with the help of old friend of the podcast, Ian Wray, and new frien…
2 years, 10 months ago
An Engaging Conversation
Episode 95
A little while ago Sam Stafford was approached by the Society of Local Council Clerks (SLCC), the professional membership body for clerks to town, pa…
2 years, 11 months ago
Hitting the High Notes - Steve Quartermain
Episode 94
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…
2 years, 11 months ago
Licensed to IL
Episode 93
Think back for a moment to August 2020, to the ‘Planning for the future’ white paper, and to then Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s desire for “radical …
3 years ago
Life Lessons
Episode 92
A short while ago friend of the podcast Shelly Rouse got in touch with Sam Stafford asking for suggestions for a lecture that Shelly was giving for a…
3 years ago
All Politics is Local
Episode 91
A triangle is a polygon with three edges and three vertices. The planning system, it could be contended, is a triangle.
At one vertex there are the o…
3 years, 1 month ago
No Hope?
Episode 90
In June 2022 the Government consulted on proposals to abolish hope and development value when assessing compensation for land compulsorily purchased …
3 years, 1 month ago