2020 looks set to be another significant year for planning policy. Already it has seen the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission’s final report, ‘Living with beauty’, a report from Policy Exchange called ‘Rethinking the planning system for the 21st century’, and the Government’s First Homes consultation. Sam Stafford and his guests Tom Whitehead, Vicky Payne and David Diggle discuss their significance to the forthcoming Budget and White Paper, and this Government’s agenda more broadly.

More information on the topics discussed in this episode can be found here:

Living with beauty 

https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/building-better-building-beautiful-commission

Rethinking the planning system for the 21st century’ 

https://policyexchange.org.uk/publication/rethinking-the-planning-system-for-the-21st-century/

First Homes

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/first-homes