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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/
Make Planning Make Sense is presented by Centro Planning Consultancy and recorded in beautiful London, England. https://centroplan.co.uk/
Update frequency:
every 9 days
Average audio length:
45 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
52 episodes
since July 10, 2025
episodic
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Our guest for this episode is Sangeeta Shenoy, Director at Veretec.
Sangeeta is an architect who specialises in delivery, which means she brings a fresh perspective on the key challenges facing both the planning system and the built environment sector as a whole.
We discuss:
Planning’s powerful in…
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Our guest for this episode is the one and only Catriona Riddell.
Catriona explains the forthcoming Spatial Development Strategies, including how they will benefit applicants. We do a bit of punditry about what the Burnham government will be like for the sector. And we have a lovely bonding experie…
I'm not mad, I'm disappointed. The draft London Plan is DOA. We can revive it if the Plan becomes outcome-orientated, takes leadership where needed, and becomes aware of time and sector capacity as key constraints.
If you like today’s episode, share it with your fellow Planimals and please do follo…
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 Will Powell for this great conversation.
Our summer favs:
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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 Marko Salopek for this great conversation.
Our summer favs:
S01 E05 Less …
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 Paul Willis for this great conversation.
Our summer favs:
S01 E05 Less th…
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 Paul Higgs for this great conversation.
Our summer favs:
S01 E05 Less tha…
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:
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Our guest for this episode is Darren Rodwell, a man who needs no introduction, who you’ll recognise as the former leader of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council.
Darren has a new book called ‘Building Communities One Brick and One Heart at a Time’, which is out now. I was most interes…
We've been longlisted in the Business category for the 2026 British Podcast Awards! We set off a year ago without one ounce of media experience to create a bit of content about why our work matters, the fact that we’re damn good at it, and how the sector can do better for the people of the UK. Bein…
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