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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast
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A new podcast about UK town planning in practice, but fun. Hosted by Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Alex Roth. Presented by Centro Planning Consultancy. https://makeplanningmakesense.captivate.fm/listen // https://centroplan.co.uk/
What’s your favourite heritage or townscape descriptor? Let us know, and check out the latest episode of the pod x makeplanningmakesense.captivate.fm/listen 🩵🏗️🏠 -AZ
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Matching the Monday vibes :'(
Listen to this week's episode feat. Paul Willis, Transport Director @ YES Engineering: makeplanningmakesense.captivate.fm/listen 🩵🏗️🏡#townplanning -AZ
November 3, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Local plan policies on car parking stress are in-principle blocks on housing delivery in sustainably car-free locations. Listen to this week's episode feat. Paul Willis, Transport Director @ YES Engineering! makeplanningmakesense.captivate.fm/listen 🩵🏗️🏡#townplanning cc @london.gov.uk -AZ
November 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The title of this week's episode reminded me that someone once told me I look like Greg Kinnear 🤔 but then I realised that Kinnear was in 'As Good As It Gets', not 'Something's Gotta Give'. What a journey... makeplanningmakesense.captivate.fm/listen -AZ
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October 31, 2025 at 8:48 AM
How do we remove vigilantism from the consultee process? Asked and answered in this week's episode with Paul Willis of YES Engineering. Out now! makeplanningmakesense.captivate.fm/listen 🩵🏗️🏠 #townplanning -AZ
October 31, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Episode 16 - 'Something's gotta give' with Paul Willis, Transport Director at YES Engineering out now!

This week we discuss cycle storage 🚲, pre-applications 🤝 and drag distance 🚮!

- RR
October 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Episode 15 - 'Policy Slay'ers' with Marco Tomasi, Director at Formation Architects out now. - RR

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October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We have some great guests lined up for the coming episodes! If you haven't already - catch up on our latest episodes here: makeplanningmakesense.captivate.fm - RR
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October 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
SAY 👏 IT 👏 AGAIN 👏 A discretionary system is a speculative system is an inefficient system. Is the opportunity cost well understood? New episode of the pod out now! Listen here: makeplanningmakesense.captivate.fm/listen 🩵🏗️🏠 #townplanning
October 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
October 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Are you ready for the new episode tomorrow? Catch up with last week’s brilliant episode with Dr James White of the University of Glasgow now! -AZ makeplanningmakesense.captivate.fm/listen
October 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
New episode tomorrow! CAN. NOT. WAIT. -AZ
October 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
What's your favourite episode title so far? -AZ
October 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Is the built environment sector prepared to take our share of accountability for our crippling cost of living and our lethargic economy? makeplanningmakesense.captivate.fm/listen Things get real in the latest episode of the pod. #buildbabybuild #SMEs #housingcrisis #townplanning 🩵🏗️🏠 Listen now! -AZ
October 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Alex Uregian of City Sanctuary is an SME housing developer, and he's here to Make Planning Make Sense in the latest episode of the pod makeplanningmakesense.captivate.fm/listen 🔗👀 #CentroPlanningConsultancy #BuildBabyBuild #TownPlanning -AZ
October 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
E13 'Small and medium enterprises, big picture energy' is out now! Feat. Alex Uregian at City Sanctuary. We bring Big Picture Energy to this discussion with a great SME developer. #buildbabybuild #SMEs #housingcrisis #townplanning 🩵🏗️🏠

Listen now: makeplanningmakesense.captivate.fm/listen -AZ
October 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Increasing complexity 🔮 and decreasing confidence 😟 - this is a fatal combination...but it's in our gift to fix. Check E12 of the pod now: makeplanningmakesense.captivate.fm/listen. #MakePlanningMakeSense #CentroPlanningConsultancy #TownPlanning #BuildBabyBuild cc: @rtpiplanners.bsky.social 🏗️🏠💪 -AZ
October 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Ooof. Paul Higgs of Millbank Group tells it like it is. Listen to Episode 12 here now: makeplanningmakesense.captivate.fm/listen 🩵 🏗️ 🏠 ☕ -AZ #CentroPlanningConsultancy #MakePlanningMakeSense #TownPlanning
October 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Thank you to Keir Freestone at British Land for leading a great tour of Canada Water for Freehold members! It was terrific to see the progress made since British Land and @lb-southwark.bsky.social co-hosted the @rtpiplanners.bsky.social summit back in 2023 🩵🏗️🏠-AZ
October 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM
E12 'The SMEs are not alright' is out now! makeplanningmakesense.captivate.fm/listen Paul is displeased, and you should be, too. Join the conversation abt why SME developers are disappearing, land banking, & how policy isn't thought through. #buildbabybuild #SMEs #housingcrisis #townplanning 🩵🏗️🏠 -AZ
October 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
@ldadesign.bsky.social thank you for the re-post! Loved to hear you’re also watching the revitalisation of the public realm on St John Street! -AZ
October 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
1,000+ DOWNLOADS!!! Heartfelt thanks to our AMAZING listeners and our AMAZING team!!! You’re our champions in growing this success 🩵🏗️🏠🧠💪 #planningpermission #townplanning #makeplanningmakesense #podcast @rtpiplanners.bsky.social #centroplanningconsultancy -AZ
October 1, 2025 at 6:44 AM
toot toot Monday commute 🚉 - spice it up with the podcast episode of your choice makeplanningmakesense.captivate.fm/listen -AZ
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September 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
🔊 Sound on! Check out yesterday's interview on the Make Planning Make Sense podcast wherever you listen! -AZ
September 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
'A vision-led head coach' - accessible wordplay or too contrived? W / L circle one -AZ
September 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM