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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast

@mpmspodcast.bsky.social
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A podcast about UK town planning in practice, but, like, fun. Hosted by Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI. Presented by Centro Planning Consultancy. 🎧 bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky | 🏢 centroplan.co.uk

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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
WELL, HELLO THERE, YOU PLANIMAL! We've mothballed our Bluesky account - find all the latest podcast goodies on the show's Linked In page: bit.ly/MPMSpod-link... -AZ
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast | 355 followers on LinkedIn. This podcast is for anyone trying to build or approve development in the UK. Presented by Centro Planning Consultancy. | This podcast is f...
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
NEW EPISODE! One of the most concise, actionable, and hard-hitting discussions to date. Feat. Will Powell of Downing LLP. Don’t miss it: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky - AZ🎙️
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
🎙️ NEW EPISODE | MAKE PLANNING MAKE SENSE OUT NOW - Will Powell, Investment Director at Downing LLP, joins us to discuss housing delivery, planning reform and what’s needed to restore confidence in the development market. 🏗️ - RR 💛
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
💪 🧠 🧨 New episode tomorrow! Investment Director Will Powell of Downing LLP demolishes the silo around the planning debate with a brilliant conversation. Don’t miss it. Follow the show on your preferred platform now: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky - AZ🎙️🏗️🩵
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
(Policymaking + Development Management + Delivery) / Time = Outcomes In the latest episode, we explore intent, application, and outcome with our brilliant guests, Charlotte Morphet and Marina Milosev. bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky -AZ
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
✨✨ real consideration ✨✨ OUT NOW: New episode feat. the brilliant Charlotte Morphet and Marina Milosev! Listen here: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky -AZ
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
What more should - or can - town planning do to respond to the lived experiences of women and girls? Find out in our latest episode feat. the brilliant Charlotte Morphet and Marina Milosev. Listen here now: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky -AZ
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
New episode out now! bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky x -AZ
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Coming this Thursday: New episode feat. Charlotte Morphet and Marina Milosev. Follow now so as not to miss this brilliant conversation: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky -AZ
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Don't even think about starting that "OnLy GrAdE II" nonsense 🙅 🎧 Check out the latest episode feat. Helen Walker of Bowman Riley now: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky -AZ🎙️🏗️🩵
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Keeping consultations proportionate to the proposed development = the dream. 🎧 Check out the latest episode feat. Helen Walker of Bowman Riley now: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky -AZ🎙️🏗️🩵
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
It's a C.O.L. to action, if you will... bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky Check it out in our latest episode feat. the joyous Helen Walker of Bowman Riley. -AZ 🎙️🏗️🩵
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
😱😭👏 New episode today! Our guest is the fabulous Helen Walker, Head of Heritage and Associate at Bowman Riley. Listen now: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky -AZ🎙️🏗️🩵
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
New episode tomorrow feat. the fabulous Helen Walker of Bowman Riley!!! Don’t miss it! Follow the show on your preferred platform now: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky -AZ🎙️🏗️🩵
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
It’s great that the NPPF will soon be clear that planning should stay out of building regs, but stop. asking. for. water. usage. reports. 🎧 Latest episode feat. Tarun Cheema and Aaron Zimmerman of Centro out now: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky -AZ🎙️🏗️🩵
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
When one opportunity for paralysis closes, another opens. We’re loving the National Scheme of Delegation, but we need a time limit on how long the chief planner and committee chair can disagree. 🎧 Check out the full episode feat. Tarun and Aaron here: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky -AZ🎙️🏗️🩵
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
4,000 downloads and growing! Join us: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky -AZ🎙️🏗️🩵
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
All applications within settlements may soon benefit from the 'tilted balance'. But as Tarun Cheema explains in the latest episode: if everything is tilted, is anything tilted? 🎧 bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky x -AZ🎙️🏗️🩵
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Live from the London Centre: “We can take this moment and look inward in policymaking to say, ‘What can we do? What do we not need to wait for the NPPF to tell us to do next time?’" 🎧 Check it out now: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky -AZ🎙️🏗️🩵
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
⚡NEW EPISODE, and it's a live one! (Pardon the pun.) Listen now: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky -AZ🎙️🏗️🩵
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
New podcast tomorrow! “Everything but the nettle” feat. Centro’s own Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Tarun Cheema MRTPI. This episode’s a live one. Don’t miss it - follow the show on your preferred platform now: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky -AZ🎙️🏗️🩵
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
🚨Your fav host, Aaron, sat down with Downing’s Investment Director Will Powell to discuss where planning is headed and what this will mean for developers & investors. 🎧 Check out the full interview on the Funding Foundations podcast bit.ly/4eYTfeZ Huge thanks to Will & the team at Downing! 🩵🎙️🏗️ -AZ
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
A balanced equation: (PPAs + transparent costs + accountability) = (value + outcomes + satisfaction) 🎧 Full episode feat. Nathan Spencer, Managing Director of #UKREiiF: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky -AZ🎙️🏗️🩵 #Aldi #AldiUK
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Determination period timescales are REiiF-er madness… 🙋 ➡️ ⏳ ➡️ ⌛ ➡️ 🙅 Full episode feat. Nathan Spencer, Managing Director of #UKREiiF: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky -AZ 🩵x
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
What can we do about the risk aversion that stalls our sector? New episode feat. Nathan Spencer, Managing Director of #UKREiiF!!! Listen now: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky Nathan: “There probably is a lot of private sector companies that are just going through the motions.” x🩵 -AZ
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
New episode!!! Nathan Spencer, Managing Director of #UKREiiF on networking in our sector: “At times, I find it's really bad business development. They host dinners just for the people that they're friends with..." Listen now: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky x🩵 -AZ
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
🎙️ 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 - 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐄 | 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝟐 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝟏𝟏 On Make Planning Make Sense this week, we’re joined by Nathan Spencer, Managing Director of UKREiiF. Listen here: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
✨🎧✨ New episode tomorrow ahead of your trip to #Leeds!!! Don’t miss it - follow here now: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky The brilliant Nathan Spencer, Managing Director of #UKREiiF joins Luke and I on the pod to talk networking, our sector’s opportunities, and our sector’s missed opportunities. x🩵 -AZ
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
For many voters, the local elections last week were a case of 'back to basics'. 🗳️🔀 "They think, 'Well, I pay £2,000 a year in council tax, and you can't even clean my street." Full conversation with Joanna Christophides, Director at Cratus Group: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky -AZ
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Do you have a planning application that could go to either the next planning committee or the one after? Consider this bit of post-election advice from Joanna Christophides, Director at Cratus Group. Full episode here: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky 🙋‍♀️ 🙋‍♂️ 🙋 🙅‍♀️ 🙅‍♂️ 🙅 🤷‍♂️ 🤷 -AZ
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Aye, aye, follow. Aye, follow us. Deep cut, baby. Aye, follow us. bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky -AZ
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Happy Election Day! Pair your civic duty with the latest episode of the pod feat. Joanna Christophides, Director at Cratus Group. bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky x🩵🗳️ -AZ
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
🎙️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 - 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗘 | 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝟮 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 𝟏𝟎 In our latest episode, we are joined by Joanna Christophides, Director at Cratus Group, for a timely conversation about politics, planning, and public trust. 🎧 Listen now: lnkd.in/eyTTtfgB 📧 podcast@centroplan.co.uk -RR 💛
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
🎙️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 - 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗘 | 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝟮 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 𝟬𝟵 This week, we’re joined by Adam Green and Emily Wilson of Ninety Four Group to talk candidly about what it really takes to grow a consultancy in today’s built environment. bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Fancy a bit of ✨karaoke✨? S02 E09 throwback 👀 bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky -AZ
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
In our latest episode, feat. Adam Green and Emily Wilson of Ninety Four Group, we talk Tower Hamlets - what it is now, where it's going, and the persistent misperceptions of a fascinating borough. Listen now: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky 🏠🩵💡-AZ
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
New episode out now! Adam Green and Emily Wilson of Ninety Four Group share their insights into working with the public sector, procurement, and more. Listen now: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky 🏠🩵💡-AZ
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
VERY excited to drop the next episode of the pod tomorrow! We've got the brilliant Adam Green, Founder and Director, and Emily Wilson, Director of Partnernships, of Ninety Four Group! 💯💯💯 Follow the pod here now, so you don't miss it: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky 👀 -AZ
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
LIVIDpool Street or LOLverpool Street? In the discourse of quick reactions and outrage-for-content, it's a necessary skill to give opinions time to digest. Latest episode feat. Marko Salopek MRICS of Muse here: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky 🚆🩵 -AZ
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Last week's episode was a great meditation on perfectionism - feat. Marko Salopek MRICS of Muse - listen to the full episode here: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky -AZ
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
CANNOT WAIT for next week’s episode! It’s pure development, business, and business development…and ofc @towerhamletsnow.bsky.social Catch up on the latest now: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
✨✨ Forgiveness ✨✨ - This was powerful conversation with Marko Salopek MRICS of Muse - listen to the full episode here: bit.ly/mpmspod-bsky -AZ
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Yep, 2026 is the year that the City had the gaul to approve a glass tower right on Bishopsgate 🌝 @networkrail.bsky.social -AZ
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
🎙️𝑵𝑬𝑾 𝑬𝑷𝑰𝑺𝑶𝑫𝑬 𝑨𝑳𝑬𝑹𝑻 - 𝑴𝑨𝑲𝑬 𝑷𝑳𝑨𝑵𝑵𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑴𝑨𝑲𝑬 𝑺𝑬𝑵𝑺𝑬 | 𝑬𝑷𝑰𝑺𝑶𝑫𝑬 02 𝑬07 𝑰𝑺 𝑶𝑼𝑻 𝑵𝑶𝑾! This week we are joined by Marko Salopek MSc MRICS (Senior Project Manager at Muse) sharing a compelling case for a more confident, humane planning system. 🎧: makeplanningmakesense.captivate.fm/linked 💛 - RR
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
New episode tomorrow! Can't wait to share our conversation with Marko Salopek of Muse. Follow the show, so you don't miss it makeplanningmakesensedc68b0ec4b183269a34d104cb8d1a13ca28797cb.captivate.fm/bsky x🩵 -AZ
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
LOVE. TO. SEE. IT. Last month, LBBD's Planning Committee approved a sparkling new trajectory for Barking Riverside. The revised masterplan increases the neighbourhood's housing capacity from up to 10.8k homes to up to 20k homes 👏🩵 -AZ LPA ref. for my fellow planimals: 24/01141/OUTALL
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Where have the mid-sized developers gone? These firms aren't infinitely resilient to the uncertain outcomes & timeframes of planning. Check out the most recent episode feat. Chief Credit Officer Uliana Kuzmis of Pallas Capital UK: makeplanningmakesense.captivate.fm/blsky-all 💡🎧🌆 -AZ
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
ICYMI, check out the latest episode of The Home Project Podcast, hosted by Tina Patel and Bart Kolosowski. Aaron is on video (😱) demystifying planning. Watch the full interview here: t.co/tphP8yDJe1 -AZ
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
🚨 Next stop: Hollywood! 🎬 🎥 This week, Aaron chats with Tina Patel and Bart Kolosowski on The Home Project Podcast. Turns out, having the right team and knowing where to start makes all the difference. Watch the full interview here: open.spotify.com/episode/2DwQ... -AZ
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Make Planning Make Sense Podcast @mpmspodcast.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
There's a lot to de-risk at every step of development. Having the right team from planning to finance is more important than ever. New episode feat. Uliana Kuzmis of Pallas Capital UK out now makeplanningmakesense.captivate.fm/bsky 💡🎧🌆 -AZ
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