This is an old skool, Adam Buxton-style ramble chat 50 Shades episode in which Sam Stafford fills his lunch hour with what he enjoys most: talking about planning with some of his planning friends.

Planning being the fast-paced, ever-changing, rock and roll world that it is there was a lot to take in. Sam's conversation with Simon Ricketts, Claire Petricca-Riding and Vicky Payne covers a busy week that included the Autumn Statement; amendments to the Levelling Up & Regeneration Bill; what Michael Gove had to say in a keynote speech; COP27 and the Supreme Court's Hillside Parks decision.

Simon Ricketts (@sricketts1) is a Partner at Town Legal.

Claire Petricca-Riding (@petriccaRiding) is a Partner and National Head of Planning & Environmental Law at Irwin Mitchell.

Vicky Payne (@Victoria_Payne) is Strategy, Research & Engagement Lead at the Quality of Life Foundation.

Some accompanying reading.

Simon’s ‘All Systems Gove’ blog (which itself includes lots of interesting links)

https://simonicity.com/2022/11/19/all-systems-gove/ 

Sam’s 'State of Planning' Blog 

http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-state-of-planning.html 

Banking on Brownfield - a Lichfields report

https://lichfields.uk/content/insights/banking-on-brownfield 

Michael Gove's speech to the CPS conference

https://capx.co/unlocking-the-change-this-country-needs/ 

Robert Jenrick and the 'perception of landbanking'

https://www.housingtoday.co.uk/news/government-will-act-on-build-out-rates-jenrick-confirms/5112044.article 

The Quality of Life Foundation 

https://www.qolf.org/ 

Simon’s Hillside Parks Blog 

https://simonicity.com/2022/11/02/running-down-that-hillside/ 

Some accompanying listening

Hillside Song by My Morning Jacket

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

50 Shades T-Shirts!

If you have listened to Episode 45 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: http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2021/07/50-shades-of-planning-t-shirts.html