Sam Stafford was in Manchester recently and took the opportunity to catch up with friends of the podcast Greg Dickson and Claire Petricca-Riding.

During a conversation recorded at Reform Radio they talked about another exciting few weeks in the fast-paced, ever-changing, rock and roll world of town and country planning. They talked about RPs not bidding for Section 106 sites, they talked about the 'Accelerated Planning System' consultation, so the proposals for the new Section 73B, the ten week determination period for major commercial applications, and restrictions on the use of extension of time agreements. They talked about the Flood Risk Sequential Test and touched on the Government response to a consultation on operational reforms to the NSIP process.

Some accompanying reading.

An accelerated planning system

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/an-accelerated-planning-system-consultation/an-accelerated-planning-system

Simon Ricketts’ S73B Blog

https://simonicity.com/2024/04/01/section-73-or-section-73b/

Zack Simons' Flood Risk Sequential Test Blog

https://www.planoraks.com/posts-1/buildin-in-the-rain-flood-risk-in-the-courts

Pre-application advice and Planning Performance Agreements

https://www.local.gov.uk/pas/development-mgmt/pre-application-advice-and-planning-performance-agreements-ppas

Power & Partnership: Labour’s plan to power up Britain

https://labour.org.uk/updates/stories/labours-plan-to-power-up-britain/

A Westminster Hall Debate on 13 March 2024

https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-03-13/debates/65995D50-E335-444C-8065-405F91548338/PlanningReform

Labour’s planning proposals

http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2023/10/labours-planning-proposals.html

Some accompanying viewing.

The fine kind of rain that soaks you through - Peter Kay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk8xHtbkhR8

Can you imagine a world without lawyers? - The Simpsons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG3uea-Hvy4

Some accompanying listening

Hillside Song - My Morning Jacket

https://youtu.be/XmLiKGpSC4g?si=4TkfP6YMFgfUYfJ1

50 Shades T-Shirts!

If you have listened to Episode 45 of the 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