S02 E06 Reform isn't NPPFfortless (feat. Melissa Murphy KC of Landmark Chambers)

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 ana...

13 Aug 45min

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 cal...

6 Aug 1h 2min

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, t...

23 Juli 48min

Make Planning Make Sense is turning 1! Thank you, guests, listeners and team!!!365 days, 44 expert voices, 40 episodes, 1 nod from the British Podcast Awards, and 1 community of passionate professiona...

16 Juli 38min

Our guest today is Will Powell, Investment Director at Downing.With incredible clarity, Will sets out the private sector’s needs with the aim of restarting housing delivery. We cover:How to catalyse h...

9 Juli 1h 3min

Our guests for this episode are Charlotte Morphet, Programme Leader for Urban Planning at the University of the Built Environment and Marina Milosev, co-founder of Beyond the Red Line and, recently, U...

25 Juni 1h 21min

Our guest this week is Helen Walker, Head of Heritage and Associate at Bowman Riley.Helen lets us in on a pleasant little heritage hack that can spare folks a bit of time, expense, and grief.Along the...

11 Juni 52min

Live from the London Centre: Tarun Cheema MRTPI and Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI present the latest on planning reform...and how the devil is always in the details.We give a TLDR run-through of:The draft NPP...

28 Maj 47min