Emerging Planners
A couple of months ago Sam Stafford saw that Shaun Knights at Preston City Council and national vice chair of the Young Planning Officers So...
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The 50 Shades of Planning Podcast
Sam Stafford started writing 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 a...
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Meet the MPs - Lib Dems
The role of local councillors in the planning system has been a familiar topic of conversation on the podcast in the context of, for example...
Red Hot Planning Chat
Sam Stafford was in London recently and whilst there caught up with friends of the podcast Hana Loftus , Mike Kiely , Nicola Gooch , Simon R...
All Around the World - New Zealand
This is the fourth of a series of episodes being led by the oldest friend of the podcast, Paul Smith . Paul put it to Sam Stafford that deba...
Hitting the High Notes - Peter Soulsby
Sam Stafford was invited to a ProCon Leicestershire event in Leicester in October 2025 and also on the panel that evening was his old friend...
The Shard Inquiry
This episode features the recording of an event hosted by Lorenzo Pandolfi and Simone Pagani in February 2026. Lorenzo and Simone invited Ch...
The Tip of the AIceberg
"The second (epochal change) is the technology revolution led by developments in artificial intelligence, which will change everything. I me...
Meet the MPs - Labour
The role of local councillors in the planning system has been a familiar topic of conversation on the podcast in the context of, for example...
Reform, reform and more Reform
Sam Stafford was in Manchester recently and took the opportunity to catch up with friends of the podcast Charlotte Leach , Katie Wray , Clai...
LGR
The 2026 local elections will likely turn out to be significant for a number of reasons. Westminster psychodrama aside though, one area of i...
The West Midlands Problem (plus Grey Belt and some other stuff)
Sam Stafford was in Birmingham recently and took the opportunity to catch up with friends of the podcast Mike Best , Kathryn Ventham and Mic...
What is really wrong with the Habitats Regulations?
DEFRA recently launched a consultation on significant changes to it’s guidance on how Habitat Regulations Assessments should be carried out,...
Some Things Just Take Time
Sam Stafford was in London recently and took the opportunity to catch up with old friends of the podcast Mike Kiely , Annie Gingell , Andrew...
New Towns: Practicalities & Placemaking
New Towns are back in the news because the Government has announced the first formal step in creating the next generation of them with the l...
All Around the World - The Netherlands
This is the third of a series of episodes being led by the oldest friend of the podcast, Paul Smith . Paul put it to Sam Stafford that debat...
Appeal Ready
Sam Stafford was in Manchester last week and took the opportunity to catch up with friends of the podcast Lisa Tye , Andrew Johnston and Lou...
Hitting the High Notes - Catriona Riddell
Strategic planning, as Sam Stafford said in the introduction to episode number 157, is back. That episode looked at what shape it is in righ...
We❤️Planning
Sam Stafford was in Birmingham recently and took the opportunity to record the first ‘catch up’-style episode with some of his friends worki...
How Does Bad Policy Get Made?
In October 2025 Sam Stafford came across a blog by Jack Airey , who is now a Director at Public First but was the Head of Planning at Policy...
The Return of Strategic Planning
Strategic planning is back. What do we know? We know that Policy PM1 of the revised draft NPPF anticipates the move towards national coverag...