Make Planning Make Sense
Make Planning Make Sense
Podcast Description
Join Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Alex Roth as they Make Planning Make Sense.
Explore how town planning works in the UK, why it doesn’t work well, why that matters, and what needs to change for planning to actually make sense. We’ll be having honest conversations with leaders from across the planning and development ecosystem.
This podcast is for anyone trying to build, fund, design, approve, or understand development in the UK. Follow us wherever you get your podcasts for new episodes each Thursday.
Make Planning Make Sense is presented by Centro Planning Consultancy. https://centroplan.co.uk/
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Content Themes
The podcast explores key themes in urban planning, including the effectiveness of current planning systems, the challenges faced in development processes, and recommendations for improvement. Episode examples include discussions about specific towns that have undergone planning and the systemic issues affecting urban development.

This podcast is for anyone trying to build, fund, design, approve, or understand development in the UK. Your host, Aaron Zimmerman MA MSc MRTPI, is having honest conversations with other leaders from across the built environment sector to Make Planning Make Sense. Follow for new episodes fortnightly on Thursdays!
Make Planning Make Sense is presented by Centro Planning Consultancy and recorded in beautiful London, England. https://centroplan.co.uk/
Our guest this week is Melissa Murphy KC of Landmark Chambers.
Melissa talks us through the draft NPPF from fresh angles, puts the power of planning committees in perspective, and considers the limitations of the metaphor of the planning balance.
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Be sure to follow for new episodes every other week. Make Planning Make Sense is hosted by Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI, presented by Centro Planning Consultancy and recorded in beautiful London, England.

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