Even by the standards of the fast-paced, ever-changing, rock and roll world of town and country planning 2022 has been quite a year. Who better to review it, Sam Stafford thought, than Zack Simons, one of the most erudite, informed and entertaining thought leaders in the planning profession.Ā Sam and Zack consider some of the year's important planning stories and, excitingly, Zack hands out his 2022 #Planarak Awards.
A point of clarification. In discussing the controversial foreword to the Pre-Submission Spelthorne Local Plan, Sam suggested that it had not been removed from the Submission version. It actually has been.
Some accompanying reading.
The Levelling Up White Paper
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/levelling-up-the-united-kingdom
Michael Gove scraps radical planning law following fierce Tory backlash
New minister suggests tweaks to local housing need and five-year land supply requirements
Turleyās neutrality update
https://www.turley.co.uk/comment/nutrient-neutrality-march-2022-update-it-just-got-whole-lot-bigger
Counting the cost of delay: The economic impact of Local Plan delay to housing delivery
The LURB
https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3155
Michael Gove: Britain needs beautiful homes and communities. Thatās why Iāll clamp down on developers of soulless dormitories
āNew NPPF to come out next month, says Gove
https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1789261/new-nppf-next-month-says-gove
Council rips up local plan following Trussās pledge to cut āStalinistā housing targets
The Growth Plan
https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/the-growth-plan
Michael Goveās Written Ministerial Statement
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-12-06/hcws415
The #Planoraks 2022Ā šĀ - worst planning reform of the year
https://www.planoraks.com/posts-1/-the-planoraks-2022-worst-planning-reform-of-the-year
Council says its draft local plan will make area a āless attractive place to liveā due to brutal housing targets
Sunakās vow to stop housebuilding on green belt labelled as ādesperateā
Boris Johnson pledges no homes will be built on green fields
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/10/06/boris-johnson-pledges-no-homes-green-fields/
Some accompanying listening
Round and Round by New Order
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1tjQqWqqAA
50 Shades T-Shirts!
If you have listened toĀ Episode 45Ā of the 50 Shades of Planning Podcast 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:Ā 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 contributorās 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 toĀ Episode 45Ā 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...
