Sam Stafford and his guests Paul Smith, Greg Dickson and Vicky Payne consider recent reviews on the efficacy of the sector, as well as news stories that have been given national prominence, and ask ‘is planning working?’

Sam Stafford and his guests Paul Smith, Greg Dickson and Vicky Payne consider recent reviews on the efficacy of the sector, as well as news stories that have been given national prominence, and ask ‘is planning working?’

Planning. Huh, Good God. What is it good for?

50 Shades of Planning is Sam Stafford’s attempt to explore the foibles of the English planning system and it's aim is to cover the breadth of the sector both in terms of topics of conversation and in terms of guests with different experiences and perspectives.

50 Shades episodes include 'Hitting The High Notes', which are a series of conversations with leading planning and property figures. The conversations take in the six milestone planning permissions or projects within a contributor’s career and for every project guests are invited to choose a piece of music that they were listening to at that time. Think Desert Island Discs, but for planners.

Sam is on Bluesky (@samuelstafford.bsky.social) and Instagram (@samuel__stafford), and his blogs can be found here: <a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3A%2F%2Fsamuelstafford.blogspot.com%2F&amp;c=E,1,ERKp_KYZip21Zrq2YpkZSkvRm3enjUgzPP_AtXF4yT-1LOvx8C8UNUnKkDBNLdLmNcFqmcPVXCFttuUQN_qfc5LjJTsXvh3Z6QNRntOC-LcL&amp;typo=1" target="_blank">http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com</a> (from where you can also sign up for his newsletter and buy a <a href="http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2021/07/50-shades-of-planning-t-shirts.html" target="_blank">t-shirt</a>).

The 50 Shades platforms are expressions of Sam's personal opinions, which may or may not represent the opinions of his past, present or future employers.

50 Shades of Planning is by planners and for planners and so if you would like to use the podcast or the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@FiftyShadesofPlanning" target="_blank">YouTube</a> channel for sharing anything you think that the sector needs to be talking about then do please feel free to get in touch with Sam via samstafford@hotmail.com.

Why Fifty Shades? Well, planning is not a black and white endeavour. There are at least fifty shades in between....

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50 Shades of Planning is Sam Stafford’s attempt to explore the foibles of the English planning system and it's aim is to cover the breadth of the sector both in terms of topics of conversation and in terms of guests with different experiences and perspectives. 50 Shades episodes include 'Hitting The High Notes', which are a series of conversations with leading planning and property figures. The conversations take in the six milestone planning permissions or projects within a contributor’s career and for every project guests are invited to choose a piece of music that they were listening to at that time. Think Desert Island Discs, but for planners. Sam is on Bluesky (@samuelstafford.bsky.social) and Instagram (@samuel__stafford), and his blogs can be found here: http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com (from where you can also sign up for his newsletter and buy a t-shirt). The 50 Shades platforms are expressions of Sam's personal opinions, which may or may not represent the opinions of his past, present or future employers. 50 Shades of Planning is by planners and for planners and so if you would like to use the podcast or the YouTube channel for sharing anything you think that the sector needs to be talking about then do please feel free to get in touch with Sam via samstafford@hotmail.com. Why Fifty Shades? Well, planning is not a black and white endeavour. There are at least fifty shades in between....

50 Shades of Planning is Sam Stafford’s attempt to explore the foibles of the English planning system and it's aim is to cover the breadth of the sector both in terms of topics of conversation and in terms of guests with different experiences and perspectives.

50 Shades episodes include 'Hitting The High Notes', which are a series of conversations with leading planning and property figures. The conversations take in the six milestone planning permissions or projects within a contributor’s career and for every project guests are invited to choose a piece of music that they were listening to at that time. Think Desert Island Discs, but for planners.

Sam is on Bluesky (@samuelstafford.bsky.social) and Instagram (@samuel__stafford), and his blogs can be found here:&nbsp;<a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3A%2F%2Fsamuelstafford.blogspot.com%2F&amp;c=E,1,ERKp_KYZip21Zrq2YpkZSkvRm3enjUgzPP_AtXF4yT-1LOvx8C8UNUnKkDBNLdLmNcFqmcPVXCFttuUQN_qfc5LjJTsXvh3Z6QNRntOC-LcL&amp;typo=1" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com</a> (from where you can also sign up for his newsletter and buy a <a href="http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2021/07/50-shades-of-planning-t-shirts.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">t-shirt</a>).

The 50 Shades platforms are expressions of&nbsp;Sam's personal opinions, which may or may not represent the opinions of his past, present or future employers.

50 Shades of Planning is by planners and for planners and so if you would like to use the podcast or the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@FiftyShadesofPlanning" rel="noopener noreferrer">YouTube</a> channel for sharing anything you think that the sector needs to be talking about then do please feel free to get in touch with Sam via samstafford@hotmail.com.

Why Fifty Shades? Well, planning is not a black and white endeavour. There are at least fifty shades in between....

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