Sam Stafford had planned more of a ramble-type chat with Pete Swift, Jonathan Easton and Claire Petricca-Riding, but, reflective of the news that has dominated the agenda of late, their conversation, recorded online, focuses on planning for the environment and specifically nutrient neutrality and net zero.

They talk less about the nuts and bolts, practical implications of the respective recent announcements in these areas (links below) and more about the political narrative. Thanks largely to Pete the conversation gets quite philosophical at times and Sam hopes that it is all the more interesting for that.

This being the 50 Shades of Planning podcast Listeners can though look forward to a little bit of housing target chat as well.

Some accompanying reading.

House of Lords Built Environment Committee’s report on the impact of environmental regulations on development

https://committees.parliament.uk/work/7328/the-impact-of-environmental-regulations-on-development/

Government neutrality update on 29 August

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nutrient-neutrality-announcement-explainer

Government neutrality update on 20 September

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nutrient-neutrality-update

Sunak to rip up green rules to build 140,000 homes despite Labour and Natural England opposition (£)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/23/rishi-sunak-majority-140k-homes-labour-nutrient-neutrality/

PM speech on Net Zero: 20 September 2023

https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-speech-on-net-zero-20-september-2023

The affordability impacts of new housing supply: A summary of recent research

https://www.london.gov.uk/media/102314/download

How housing targets are stopping us building enough homes

https://longwall.substack.com/p/how-housing-targets-are-stopping

UK Green Building Council’s ‘Embodied Ecological Impacts knowledge Hub’

https://ukgbc.org/our-work/topics/embodied-ecological-impacts/

Require planning fees be ringfenced for planning services

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/643493

Small builders, big burdens

https://lichfields.uk/content/insights/small-builders-big-burdens

Southwark’s Land Commission

https://www.southwark.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/southwark-land-commission

Some accompanying viewing.

Richard Curtis uses Al Pacino’s Any Given Sunday speech to inspire global action on climate change

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/richard-curtis-uses-al-pacinos-any-given-sunday-speech-to-inspire-global-action-on-climate-change-357182/

Some accompanying listening.

This can’t go on – Bill Ryder-Jones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byUoDKTVEac

50 Shades T-Shirts!

If you have listened to Episode 45 of the 50 Shades of Planning 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