Sam Stafford and friends are in Manchester for the 50 Shades Christmas night out, but, before hitting the town, there is the small matter of the Festive Christmas Quiz to attend to.

In this second semi-final quizmaster Sam tests Tom Whitehead, Mike O'Brien, Jonathan Easton and Claire Petricca-Riding on their knowledge of twelve planning news stories from past twelve months.

Tom (a Twitter Lurker) is Group Town Planning at Brookhouse. Mike (@O_B_1_Mike) is a Director at Pinnacle Planning. Jonathan (@jonnye47) is a full-time Barrister at Kings Chambers and a part-time punster. Claire (@PetriccaRiding) is a Partner and National Head of Planning and Environmental Law at Irwin Mitchell.

Some accompanying reading.

January

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-reforms-make-it-easier-and-cheaper-for-leaseholders-to-buy-their-homes

February

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/planning-for-sustainable-growth-in-the-oxford-cambridge-arc-spatial-framework/planning-for-sustainable-growth-in-the-oxford-cambridge-arc-an-introduction-to-the-spatial-framework

March

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56359865

April

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-56945191

May 

https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/jenrick-vows-to-stop-architects-imposing-their-visions-on-communities

June

https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1720094/planning-town-hall-resources-survey

July

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2021/07/tory-blue-wall-nimby-Labour-planning-housing-yimby-Greens-Lib-Dems

August

https://srpinventories.co.uk/how-landlords-can-take-advantage-of-new-permitted-development-rights/

September 

https://planning.warrington.gov.uk/swiftlg/apas/run/WPHAPPDETAIL.DisplayUrl?theApnID=2020/36311&theTabNo=4&backURL=%3Ca%20href=wphappcriteria.display%3ESearch%20Criteria%3C/a%3E%20%3E%20%3Ca%20href=%27wphappsearchres.displayResultsURL?ResultID=2584094%26StartIndex=0%26SortOrder=APNID%26DispResultsAs=WPHAPPSEARCHRES%26BackURL=%3Ca%20href=wphappcriteria.display%3ESearch%20Criteria%3C/a%3E%27%3ESearch%20Results%3C/a%3E

October

https://localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/property/404-property-news/48549-major-provider-of-social-housing-loses-3m-high-court-battle-with-council-over-application-of-community-infrastructure-levy

November

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/world-leading-environment-act-becomes-law

December 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-59580929

Some accompanying listening.

Sam's Christmas Crackers - The Ultimate Festive Soundtrack

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Dn44yamtsjrzsYH4rzbld?si=AlBrDD3aQjib3VpLj-sHjg

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