About this episode

Sam Stafford discusses current topics in town and country planning with a group of friends and experts.

Sam Stafford was in London recently and took the opportunity to catch up with old friends of the podcast Mike Kiely , Annie Gingell , Andrew Taylor and Iain Thomson , and new friend of the podcast Claire Tester . In a conversation recorded at Soho Radio they chatted about a few of the hot topics in the fast-paced, ever-changing, rock and roll world of town and country planning right now. They talked about the recent NPPF consultation; taking some of the 'grit' out of the system; they talked about planning committees in relation to the impact of local elections, new notification processes, a national scheme of delegation and strategic committees; and towards the end there is a bit of local plan and neighbourhood plan chat. Some accompanying reading. Book review for, “In Search of Excellence”, written by Tom Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr. Fees for planning applications Planning committee reform: statutory consultation on draft Regulations and guidance What the CIA can teach us about the need to reform planning committees What the 'pre-election period' means in practice New local plan-making system roadmap More Radical Change: the Basic Conditions for Neighbourhood Plans…

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