Sam Stafford had planned more of a ramble-type chat with Pete Swift, Jonathan Easton and Claire Petricca-Riding, but, reflective of the news that has dominated the agenda of late, their conversation, recorded online, focuses on planning for the environment and specifically nutrient neutrality and net zero.
They talk less about the nuts and bolts, practical implications of the respective recent announcements in these areas (links below) and more about the political narrative. Thanks largely to Pete the conversation gets quite philosophical at times and Sam hopes that it is all the more interesting for that.
This being the 50 Shades of Planning podcast Listeners can though look forward to a little bit of housing target chat as well.
Some accompanying reading.
House of Lords Built Environment Committee’s report on the impact of environmental regulations on development
https://committees.parliament.uk/work/7328/the-impact-of-environmental-regulations-on-development/
Government neutrality update on 29 August
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nutrient-neutrality-announcement-explainer
Government neutrality update on 20 September
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nutrient-neutrality-update
Sunak to rip up green rules to build 140,000 homes despite Labour and Natural England opposition (£)
PM speech on Net Zero: 20 September 2023
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-speech-on-net-zero-20-september-2023
The affordability impacts of new housing supply: A summary of recent research
https://www.london.gov.uk/media/102314/download
How housing targets are stopping us building enough homes
https://longwall.substack.com/p/how-housing-targets-are-stopping
UK Green Building Council’s ‘Embodied Ecological Impacts knowledge Hub’
https://ukgbc.org/our-work/topics/embodied-ecological-impacts/
Require planning fees be ringfenced for planning services
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/643493
Small builders, big burdens
https://lichfields.uk/content/insights/small-builders-big-burdens
Southwark’s Land Commission
https://www.southwark.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/southwark-land-commission
Some accompanying viewing.
Richard Curtis uses Al Pacino’s Any Given Sunday speech to inspire global action on climate change
Some accompanying listening.
This can’t go on – Bill Ryder-Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byUoDKTVEac
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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.
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