This week, we’re joined by special guest Sue Manns FRTPI FRGS FRSA, President of the Royal Town Planning Institute 2020.

We will not be joined by Charles Banner QC of Keating Chambers this week, as he and his wife will be in the delivery suite. Everyone at HWGPNFY wish to pass on to Charlie and Tetyana and their daughter Kathleen all of their love and best wishes; and would invite Charlie to know that this is only free pass that you get!

This week we are joined by Charlotte Morphet, joint Chair of Women in Planning. One of the most influential planners of her generation and champion of diversity issues.

This week our special guest is Victoria Hills MRTPI FICE Chief Executive at the Royal Town Planning Institute.

This week our special guest is Nigel Jones BSc FRICS ACIArb, a director of Chesters Harcourt based in Yeovil, Somerset, who sat on the RICS Panel on Financial Viability and acted as an Assessor on viability for PINS.

This week our special guest is David Rudlin, Principal and a director of URBED (Urbanism Environment and Design), an Honorary Professor at Manchester University and past Chair of the Academy of Urbanism. In 2014 he was also the winner of the Wolfson Economics Prize. David is one of the authors of the Policy Exchange papers entitled ‘Planning Anew’.

Our special guest this week is the world-class architect, artist, author, poet and founder of Ian Ritchie Architects and Rice Francis Ritchie, design engineers, Ian Ritchie CBE, RA Dip Arch (Dist), PCL, ARB, RIBA, RIAI, MIASBE, FRSA, FSFE, FSHARE, Hon FAIA, Hon FRIAS, Hon FRAM, Hon MCSA, Hon D Litt. Ian’s firm designed the glass pyramids and sculpture courts at the Louvre and the stainless steel Spire in Dublin.

This week we are joined by a very special guest Lord Matthew Taylor, a giant in the planning world – author of numerous seminal works including The Taylor report, aka “bonfire of the circulars”, a long-term champion of Garden Communities and part of the team that led to NPPF1 and PPG.

This week we are joined by a very special guest PINS Inspector David Smith (Professional Lead – Planning Appeals).

This week we are joined by a very special guest Steve Quartermain CBE, former UK Chief Planner. He is a senior advisor for Cratus Communications.

This week we are joined by a very special guest Simon Gallagher, Director of Planning at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).