Planning Committees - Cauldrons of Human Emotion

If you’re involved they’re terrible, but if you’re just observing they’re terrific. In this episode Sam Stafford and his guests Katie Dean and Mike O’Brien discuss the cauldrons of human emotion that are planning committees. Some accompanying reading. A House of Commons Library Briefing https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN01030 A Lichfields research paper https://lichfields.uk/content/insights/refused-for-good-reason PAS guidance on probity in planning for councillors and officers https://www.local.gov.uk/Pas-probity-planning Some accompanying listening. An objector singing at Reading’s planning committee (13 mins) https://channel.royalcast.com/readingboroughcouncil/#!/readingboroughcouncil/20160907_1