Whilst in London this week Sam Stafford recorded an end-of-month ramblechat with Ben Castell, Catriona Riddell, Gilian Macinnes and Nicola Gooch.
The conversation takes in all manner of things, including the Levelling Up & Regeneration Act, news of which broke during the recording. They talk about the two part documentary 'Britain's Housing Crisis: What Went Wrong?' and touch too on nutrient neutrality. For the die hard 50 Shades fans there is some strategic planning and housing target chat in there too. A disclaimer though. This episode does feature some singing so consider yourselves warned about that.
Some accompanying reading.
New laws to speed up planning, build homes and level up
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-laws-to-speed-up-planning-build-homes-and-level-up
Francis Maude’s review of Whitehall should lead to cross-party agreement on civil service reform
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/francis-maudes-review-whitehall
Section 106 agreements and unspent developer contributions in England and Wales
https://www.hbf.co.uk/news/section-106-report/
Priced Out's manifesto
https://www.pricedout.org.uk/manifesto/
Lib Dems members rebuff leadership with vote to keep housebuilding targets
How housing targets are stopping us building enough homes
https://longwall.substack.com/p/how-housing-targets-are-stopping
Some accompanying viewing.
Britain's Housing Crisis: What Went Wrong?
https://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2023/10/britains-housing-crisis-what-went-wrong.htm
Some accompanying listening.
Episode 90 – No hope?
https://pod.co/50-shades-of-planning/no-hope
Tell Laura I Love Her by Ray Peterson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTjQgkHzbTk
50 Shades T-Shirts!
If you have listened to Episode 45 of the 50 Shades of Planning you will have heard Clive Betts say that...
'In the Netherlands planning is seen as part of the solution. In the UK, too often, planning is seen as part of the problem'.
Sam said in reply that that would look good on a t-shirt and it does. Further details can be found here: http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2021/07/50-shades-of-planning-t-shirts.html
50 Shades of Planning
Sam Stafford started posting on the 50 Shades of Planning blog in 2012 and in 2019 turned it into a podcast. 50 Shades of Planning is about the foibles of the English planning system and it's aim is to cover the breadth of the sector both in terms of topics of conversation and in terms of guests with different experiences and perspectives.
50 Shades episodes include 'Hitting The High Notes', which is a series of conversations with leading planning and property figures. The conversations take in the six milestone planning permissions or projects within a contributor’s career and for every project guests are invited to choose a piece of music that they were listening to at that time. Think Desert Island Discs, but for planners. If you would like to feature on 'Hitting The High Notes', or know somebody that would make a great guest, please email [email protected].
If you have listened to Episode 45 of 50 Shades of Planning you will have heard Clive Betts say that...
'In the Netherlands planning is seen as part of the solution. In the UK, too often, planning is seen as part of the problem'.
Sam said in reply that that would look good on a t-shirt and it does. Further details can be found here: http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2021/07/50-shades-of-planning-t-shirts.html
Sam is on Bluesky (@samuelstafford.bsky.social) and Instagram (@samuel__stafford), and his blogs can be found here: http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com.
As with the 50 Shades Blog, the 50 Shades Podcast is a platform for Sam's personal opinions, which may or may not represent the opinions of his past, present or future employers.
50 Shades of Planning is produced in partnership with Cratus Group.
Why Fifty Shades? Well, planning is not a black and white endeavour. There are at least fifty shades in between...
