Make Planning Make Sense

Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Alex Roth sit down with Marco Tomasi, Director at Formation Architects. In this episode, we sketch a world beyond this one where planning is predictable, timely, and delivery-orientated. Are planning agents soon to be obsolete? Be sure to follow for new episodes each week. Make Planning Make Sense is presented by Centro Planning Consultancy and recorded in beautiful Londo...

Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Alex Roth sit down with Prof. James White, Professor of Planning and Urban Design at the University of Glasgow and co-author of Condoland: The Planning, Design, and Development of Toronto's Cityplace. James shares how planning negotiations and land value capture shaped the development of a major brownfield site in central Toronto and what lessons we can draw from this cas...

Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Alex Roth sit down with Alex Uregian, Director of SME developer City Sanctuary. We bring Big Picture Energy to our discussion about the competing priorities for high-quality residential accomodation, the problems paralysing the entire sector, and more than one (pretty darn sensible) apprach that Government can take to work with the sector to actually get affordable homes...

Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI sits down with Paul Higgs MRICS, Founder of the Millbank Group and former Senior Executive at Barratt. Paul is not pleased, and you shouldn't be, either. Join the conversation about why SME developers are an endangered species, land banking (!), and how policy making has become unhinged from its ramifications. Be sure to follow for new episodes each week. Make Planning Make S...

Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Alex Roth sit down with Peter Murray OBE, founder of New London Architecture, founder of the London Festival of Architecture, prolific author, and thought leader (and much, much more). Peter makes a strong case for a public design vision. A successful design vision needs senior leadership and continuity in the local authority. We talked about Peter's insights in several t...

Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI sits down with Neil Cawood MAPM MRICS, Director at Anderson Wilde & Harris, who spills the good tea on daylight/sunlight and the anxiety caused by an unpredictable planning system. Be sure to follow for new episodes each week! Make Planning Make Sense is presented by Centro Planning Consultancy and recorded in beautiful London, England.

Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Alex Roth sit down with Richard Ashdown, Director at ULL Property, to make sense of financial viability in UK town planning and the justified - yet misdirected - frustration about the insufficient delivery of affordable housing. Be sure to follow for new episodes each week! Make Planning Make Sense is presented by Centro Planning Consultancy and recorded in beautiful Lond...

Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Alex Roth sit down with Ollie Sargent, Strategic Director for the Built Environment at Cartwright, to plot a national campaign for a new civic participation in town planning. Be sure to follow us for new episodes each week! Make Planning Make Sense is presented by Centro Planning Consultancy and recorded in beautiful London, England.

Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Alex sit down with Sarah Chapman, Associate at Markides Associates, for a discussion on where transport planning is going (excuse the mobility pun). Be sure to follow us for new episodes each week! Make Planning Make Sense is presented by Centro Planning Consultancy.

We're back with part 2 of our conversation with Laurie Handcock. In this week's episode, we delve deeper into how heritage, townscape and visual impact factor into planning as we reflect on real world examples from our experience as consultants. Be sure to follow us for new episodes each week! Make Planning Make Sense is presented by Centro Planning Consultancy and recorded in beautiful London, En...

Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Alex Roth are joined by Laurie Handcock, Director of Built Heritage and Townscape at Iceni, for part 1 of a discussion on the roles of heritage, townscape and visual impact in planning. Be sure to follow us for new episodes each week! Make Planning Make Sense is presented by Centro Planning Consultancy and recorded in beautiful London, England.

Town planners Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Alex Roth are back to brush you up on what the planning balance is and how it works. Be sure to follow the podcast wherever you listen for new episodes each week! Make Planning Make Sense is presented by Centro Planning Consultancy and recorded in beautiful London, England.

Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Alex Roth sit down with Tom Slater RIBA, Managing Director of T2S Architecture, to discuss the relationship between architecture and town planning, purposeless submission requirements, the Government's growth agenda, and more. Be sure to follow us for new episodes each week! Make Planning Make Sense is presented by Centro Planning Consultancy and recorded in beautiful Lon...

Town planners Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Alex Roth are back to talk through how we got to the planning system we have today and how that helps us understand the Government's planning reform agenda. Be sure to follow the podcast wherever you listen for new episodes each week! Make Planning Make Sense is presented by Centro Planning Consultancy and recorded in beautiful London, England.

Join town planners Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Alex Roth as they set out to Make Planning Make Sense from the podcast studio (formerly 'conference room 2') at Centro Planning Consultancy. Be sure to follow the podcast wherever you listen for new episodes each week! Make Planning Make Sense is presented by Centro Planning Consultancy and recorded in beautiful London, England.

Join town planners Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Alex Roth as they set out to Make Planning Make Sense from the podcast studio (formerly 'conference room 2') at Centro Planning Consultancy. Be sure to follow for new episodes each week! Make Planning Make Sense is presented by Centro Planning Consultancy and recorded in beautiful London, England.