It will not have escaped the attention of regular 50 Shades listeners that a consultation on changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was launched shortly before Christmas and, knowing that it was coming, friend of the podcast Simon Ricketts arranged one his 'Planning Law Unplanned' Clubhouse sessions for the first week back. Simon kindly agreed to record the discussion so that Sam Stafford could share it by of the 50 Shades platform.

Listeners will hear in this episode an excellent dissection of the motivations behind, key provisions within, and likely impact of, the proposed changes to the NPPF by a stellar line-up of planning professionals. The discussion includes contributions David Diggle, Rebecca Coley, Annie Gingell, Vicky Payne, Catriona Riddell, Zack Simons, Nicky Linihan, Greg Dickson, Hana Loftus and Steve Quartermain.

Some accompanying reading.

Levelling-up & Regeneration Bill: reforms to national planning policy

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/levelling-up-and-regeneration-bill-reforms-to-national-planning-policy

Zack’s NPPF Blog

https://www.planoraks.com/posts-1/notes-on-reform-whats-the-nppf-for

Sam’s NPPF Blog

http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2023/01/national-planning-policy-fudge.html

Catriona’s column in Planning Magazine (£)

https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1809880/why-goves-nppf-revisions-harder-meet-housing-need-catriona-riddell

Some accompanying listening.

Planning Magazine’s Room 106 Podcast on the NPPF that features Catriona

https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/ep29-your-30-minute-guide-to-how-the-proposed/id1596110607?i=1000593883827

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

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

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