🎅🏻The 50 Shades of Planning Festive Christmas Quiz🎄

Full of festive cheer (and sherry), Sam Stafford quizzes Greg Dickson, Paul Smith, David Diggle, Andrew Jalali, Vicky Payne and Tom Whitehead on some of the stories that have caught the eye in 2019. Expect an attempt at humour at the start, an appearance from a very special guest at the end and some bad cracker jokes in between... For those interested in the topics that are discussed there is some reading here: January Mr Brokenshire’s big intervention stick. http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2018/08/mr-brokenshires-big-intervention-stick.html February Portsmouth council plans to reclaim land from sea for homes. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-47142979 March The latest act in the GMSF play. http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-latest-installment-in-long-running.html MHCLG’s resourcing and skills survey. https://local.gov.uk/pas/pas-topics/monitoring/survey-planning-departments-2019 April In memory of the Englishman who kept a shark on his roof. https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-uk/in-memory-of-the-englishman-who-kept-a-shark-on-his-roof/amp May The National Audit Office’s investigation into the government’s land disposal strategy and programmes. https://www.nao.org.uk/report/investigation-into-the-governments-land-disposal-strategy/  June  Juries for plan-making. https://landforthemany.uk/ July Record temperatures across Europe. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49108847 August The Towns Fund. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/conservatives-general-election-marginals-public-funding-money-a9201141.html September Robert Jenrick likes tree-lined streets. https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/housing-secretary-launches-national-design-guide-to-end-ugly-development/10044606.article October The CPRE likes Green Belt. https://www.housingtoday.co.uk/comment/paradise-lost-cpre-and-the-state-of-the-green-belt/5102352.article November Government confirms fracking moratorium and drops proposed permitted development rights. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/843801/Government_Response_to_the_shale_PDR_Consultation.pdf December How does your garden grow? https://lichfields.uk/media/5638/how-does-your-garden-grow_a-stock-take-on-planning-for-the-governments-garden-communities-programme.pdf