Podcast episode 113: The #Planaraks Awards 2023.

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This is the third of the festive 50 Shades triumvirate looking back at 2023. The first two some past contributors and I did by way of the 50 Shades Festive Christmas Quizzes. This third one sees the return of Zack Simons’ Planaraks Awards, which he again kindly agreed to reveal exclusively on the podcast.

In a conversation that we recorded on Planning Reform Day, just as Michael Gove had given a speech entitled ‘Falling back in love with the future’ and just before the NPPF emerged, we canter through some of the high points and low points of the year just gone (mostly low points) and Zack confers awards for, amongst other things, 'The Most Futile Reform of the Year', 'The Most Hopeless Reform of the Year' and 'The Worst Policy of the Year'. Positivity does not abound, but we do try to generate some.

Along the way we touch on many of the things that regular readers of Zack’s Planaraks Blog would expect us to, from amending consents, nutrient neutrality, application fees, the LURA, Green Belt and strategic planning.

I give another plug at the end of the episode for Oscar Easton’s Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge next month. Oscar, son of friend of the podcast Jonathan Easton, is seeking sponsorship for a very good cause, a link to which you will find in the description. Please do support Team Easton if you can.

https://www.justgiving.com/page/oscar-easton-1702480570488

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