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/
Podcast Insights
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/
Over the summer holidays, we’re sharing select episodes from our archive that are worth another listen during the draft London Plan consultation period. We’ll be back on 17 September with our full analysis.
Special thanks to Neil Cawood for this great conversation.
Full summer reading list:
- S01 E05 Less than substantial charm (Part 1) (feat. Laurie Handcock)
- S01 E06 Less than substantial charm (Part 2) (feat. Laurie Handcock)
- S01 E09 This is not viable (feat. Richard Ashdown)
- S01 E10 Daylight/sunlight/gaslight (feat. Neil Cawood)
- S01 E12 The SMEs are not alright (feat. Paul Higgs)
- S01 E13 Small and medium enterprises, big picture energy (feat. Alex Uregian)
- S01 E16 Something’s gotta give (feat. Paul Willis)
- S01 E24 Agent, operative, principal, spy (feat. Dr Nancy Holman and Dr Nancy Holman)
- S02 E05 Carbon impact, in fact (feat. James Mickelburgh)
- S02 E08 Forgiving ourselves the guilt of imperfection (feat. Marko Salopek)
- S02 E15 Fix the exit, fix the entry (feat. Will Powell of Downing)
Check out these episodes wherever you listen, and see you again on 17 September!
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Be sure to follow for new episodes fortnightly. 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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