The Developer podcast

Why doesn't the property industry work more collaboratively when it comes to tackling climate change and retrofit? David Cowans is Group Chief Executive of Places for People, one of the largest property management and development companies in the UK, which owns or manages 147,000 homes. In this interview, which took place at the Festival of Place, he tackles retrofitting, net zero, modern methods of construction.

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The Mayor of Bristol, Marvin Rees, was elected in May 2016. On that day Bristol became the first major European city to have elected a mayor of black African heritage. During his first term in office he has overseen the building of over 8,000 homes, announced the development of a mass transit system and provided quality work experiences for over 3,500 children who wouldn’t readily have access. He led the successful bid to bring Channel 4 to Bristol and is leading the city’s response to both the climate and ecological emergencies. Rees sits down with Christine Murray for a live interview with questions from the audience as part of the Festival of Place

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How do you design a feminist city, and an intersectional city? What are the questions you should be asking when designing and developing a place? From protest to the Sex in the City, Leslie Kern, author of Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World, moves beyond Jane Jacobs to expose what a just, sustainable and women-friendly city would truly feel like, and how we get there. Live talk from the Festival of Place, followed by an audience Q&A

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A visit to Liverpool One shopping centre leads anthropologist Rebecca Toop to explore the role that shopping plays in our lives. In the context of the retail apocalypse, what can replace the social role of shopping? Part of a new miniseries where Christine Murray explores the best of The Developer 2020.

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As offices migrate away from downtown, the people who formerly worked in them are subject to a double movement: some are being lured into the city by falling rents and the possibility of walking or cycling to their workplace when they do need to be physically present; others are taking advantage of remote working by relocating to places where they can enjoy more congenial lifestyles. In this audio version of an article written by Steve Taylor for The Developer, we find out what the mix of future city centres might feel like, and ask whether it's materially distinct to what came before

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In this podcast, we speak to First Base director Barry Jessup and Director of Partnerships, Olaide Oboh, about trust, delivering value, their social outcome statement, and making promises to communities that you can keep.

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Dr Ben Clifford, author of the government report on the impact of Permitted Development on housing quality, speaks out about the devastating plans to extend the rights in the context of widespread planning reforms that will set the English standard of housing provision back more than 50 years. Consultation on wider planning reforms ends 1 October and can be found here https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changes-to-the-current-planning-system

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Once you have a radical idea, how do you test it, develop it, sustain it and grow? May Al-Karooni is CEO and founder of Globechain, a marketplace for construction, retail and office 'waste' that can be reused by charities as part of the new circular economy. Al-Karooni describes how she spotted a need six years ago and developed it into a purpose-based business that is now the world's largest reuse marketplace.

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You want to do things differently. You've written your mission statement. But how do you ensure your business isn't just paying lip-service to change? How do your values manifest themselves in your business culture and practice? Vestre is a Norwegian furniture practice that has supported The Developer and the Festival of Place since inception. We hear from Commercial Director Romy Rawlings about how they put their social and environmental values into business practice.

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The industry is locked in competitive silos, landscape architecture has been marginalised, communities lack a mechanism for meaningful involvement, policy is not shifting in the right direction, and planners are only focused on the potential, not the present. In the context of the climate emergency, we have got to get our act together. In the conversation with Will Sandy, we discuss why we need a Radical Rethink.

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