🏆The #Planoraks Awards 2025🏆

About this episode

In this episode, Sam Stafford announces the winners of the 2025 #Planoraks Awards alongside guest Zack Simons, reviewing significant events in town and country planning over the past year.

This is the second of Sam Stafford's seasonal offerings which serve as a review of another exciting year in the fast-paced, ever-changing, rock and roll world of town and country planning. Once again Zack Simons kindly bestowed upon Sam the honour of announcing Zack's 2025 #Planoraks Awards on the podcast. Sam met Zack at Soho Radio Studios where and he handed him six golden envelopes, which you will hear opened during their conversation. They contain the winners of the following awards: Policy of the Year; Missed opportunity of the year; Catastrophe of the Year; Delay of the Year; Stat of the Year; and Consent of the Year. Some accompanying reading. The #Planoraks 2025 - the new NPPF The Proposed London Housing Emergency Measures Package Is Underwhelming Grey Belt – A Game Changer for Planning and Housing Some accompanying viewing. Exploring the new NPPF draft Some accompanying listening. The Black Keys – Year in Review Any other business. If you enjoy the episode do please consider bolstering Sam's fragile self-esteem by leaving the podcast a nice rating and a nice review wherever you listened to it. Obviously though if you have not enjoyed it then please do not leave a review…

People in this episode

Host: Samuel Stafford

Guest: Zack Simons

Topics covered

• town and country planning
• awards
• policy review
• urban development
• planning challenges

Keywords

• Planoraks Awards
• town planning
• policy of the year
• urban development
• planning challenges
• Zack Simons

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Black Keys – Year in Review, The #Planoraks 2025 - the new NPPF, The Proposed London Housing Emergency Measures Package Is Underwhelming, Grey Belt – A Game Changer for Planning and Housing

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