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What do they know of town planning who only town planning know? (h/t C.L.R. James.) This is very much not a work account. Instagram: @samuel__stafford https://pod.co/50-shades-of-planning

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Sam Stafford @samuelstafford.bsky.social · May 29

Were I not a town planner I like to imagine myself as The Times’ Chief Football Writer and to indulge that fantasy I write a match report on Instagram after every game that I have been to, this compilation of which tells the story of my 2024/25 season.

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The Story of my Season (2024/25)

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · 4h

🏘️ 221,000 dwellings were approved in the year to June 2025, down by 7% on the previous year, and now at the lowest level since 2014.

Read our blog on the latest planning data⤵️ buff.ly/jdQnf5Q

Chart showing estimated number of dwelling units granted permission and net additional dwellings in the 12 months to the period shown: England

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Steve Griffiths 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @cymry.bsky.social · 4h

Private Eye nails it

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 8h

All my comics have happy endings!

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Sam Stafford @samuelstafford.bsky.social · 8h

All killer. No filler.

Sam’s Breakfast Bangers…

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#FridayVibes

Sam's Breakfast Bangers

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Sam Stafford @samuelstafford.bsky.social · 11h

Sam’s Breakfast Banger…

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Factory Floor - Tell Me (Official Video) [PH146]

YouTube video by Phantasy

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 1d

'London, a view of Somerset House seen through an arch of Waterloo Bridge' (c.1865) by Henry Pether

(Private collection)

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 3d

What about the people who live in the HMOs! Where are they going to live?!

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 2d

This article is just bollocks, isn't it? There are lots of good reasons not to eat many Doritos, but the carbon footprint of the corn going into them isn't one of them, because eating almost anything else would be worse.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The hidden cost of ultra-processed foods on the environment: ‘The whole industry should pay’

Industrially made foods involve several ingredients and processes to put together, making it difficult to examine their true cost

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FT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 1d

A new FT analysis has revealed that the majority of all houses in England are in the wrong council tax band, with many homeowners paying too much or too little. You may well be one of them! Modest homes are often paying more than mansions.

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Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 1d

Law is politics by other means. Wrote about Leigh Day, the law firm that love suing the government www.economist.com/britain/2025...

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Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 1d

I can think of nineteen other premier league owners who would agree

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Sam Stafford @samuelstafford.bsky.social · 1d

I just passed a chap on the escalators at Leeds station who had a parrot on his shoulder.

Sam Stafford @samuelstafford.bsky.social · 1d

Sam’s Breakfast Banger…

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Rasta Dub (feat. Riley All Stars)

YouTube video by King Tubby - Topic

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Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 1d

Might sell it. Any offers? All proceeds to go to an illegal spa in my back garden

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Seb Stafford-Bloor @sebsb.bsky.social · 1d

Note: “a step”

The “deserve to watch” line can be used across multiple different continent. As it inevitably will be over the coming years.

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Fiona Howie @fionahowie.bsky.social · 1d

As someone who was at Labour conf, I think this article articulates why I found it so frustrating. If solving the housing crisis was easy - surely we wouldn’t be in the position we are in? We need serious discussions about systems change and a proper housing strategy. Not gimmicky hats.

50 Shades of Planning @50shadesofplanning.bsky.social · 7d

Link: www.spectator.co.uk/article/buil...

‘Build baby build’ is not a housing strategy

There are too many middling politicians in this country who look at Donald Trump with envy. I might not like his politics, they think, but isn’t he such a great communicator? Don’t you see how good he...

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50 Shades of Planning @50shadesofplanning.bsky.social · 1d

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Paul Smith @pmsmith.bsky.social · 2d

One from the archive.

A Michael Gove piece from 2009 for Building Magazine, warning of the dangers of loading too many regulatory requirements onto new homes.

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