đ đ»The 50 Shades of Planning Festive Christmas Quiz - Manchesterđ€¶đ»
- E83
- 30:11
- December 17th 2022
Itâs cold, dark and miserable and, alas, there is little in Michael Goveâs recent Written Ministerial Statement to warm the cockles of a plannerâs heart. Hopefully then the return of the 50 Shades of Planning Festive Christmas Quiz will spread some seasonal cheer.
Even by the standards of the fast-paced, ever-changing, rock and roll world of town and country planning it has been quite a year. With the help of Richard Garlick at Planning magazine, who provided Sam Stafford with some of the most-read stories on PlanningResource.co.uk, Sam quizzes some of the 50 Shades alumni on 2022âs highlights and lowlights.
Expect fun, frivolity and an appearance from a very special guestâŠ
Some accompanying reading.
January
Housebuilder Barratt acquires land promoter Gladman
February
Appeal Court upholds ruling that planners can ignore schemesâ downstreamâ environmental effects
March
Essex council votes against adopting local plan
https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1750732/essex-council-votes-against-adopting-local-plan
April
City council isolates planning department for two weeks to clear applications backlog
May
Housing land supply requirement scrapped for authorities with up-to-date plans
June
We will prevent PINS âimposingâ unrealistic housing figures on communities, says Gove
July
Tory leadership hopeful pledges to scrap âtop-down Stalinist housing targetsâ
August
Truss pledges to ditch advice that blocks housing on nutrient water pollution grounds
September
The planning track record of new housing secretary Simon Clarke
October
Council delays local plan work over housing need and national policy uncertainties
November
Government to ârefocusâ investment zone programme on universities
December
What Goveâs changes to housing need will mean for local plan-making
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 contributorâs 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...
