Make Planning Make Sense

Make Planning Make Sense

Centro Planning Consultancy

Episodes 39
Avg. Duration 42m
Activity Highly Active
Since Jul 2025
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Weekly
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Episodic
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75%
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About This Podcast

This podcast is for anyone trying to build, fund, design, approve, or understand development in the UK. Your host, Aaron Zimmerman MA MSc MRTPI, is having honest conversations with other leaders from across the built environment sector to Make Planning Make Sense. Follow for new episodes fortnightly on Thursdays! Make Planning Make Sense is presented by Centro Planning Consultancy and recorded in beautiful London, England. https://centroplan.co.uk/

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S2E13 S02 E13 A COL to Action: When LBC is OTT (feat. Helen Walker of Bowman Riley)

Jun 11, 2026 52m

Our guest this week is Helen Walker, Head of Heritage and Associate at Bowman Riley.Helen lets us in on a pleasant little heritage hack that can spare folks a bit of time, expense, and grief.Along…

S2E12 S02 E12 Live from the London Centre - Everything but the nettle (feat. Centro's own Tarun Cheema)

May 28, 2026 47m

Live from the London Centre: Tarun Cheema MRTPI and Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI present the latest on planning reform...and how the devil is always in the details.We give a TLDR run-through of:The draft…

S2E11 S02 E11 REiiF WEEK (feat. Nathan Spencer, Managing Director of UKREiiF)

May 14, 2026 48m

Our guest this week is Nathan Spencer, Managing Director of UKREiiF. REiiF Week is upon us, and in tingling anticipation of UKREiiF , which runs 19th to the 21st of May, Nathan talks about who’s…

S2E10 S02 E10 Election Dissection (feat. Joanna Christophides of Cratus Group)

Apr 30, 2026 52m

Our guest this week is Joanna Christophides, Director at Cratus Group.We’re just one week out from the local elections, and there’s been a lot of chatter about more seats going to candidates outside…

S2E9 S02 E09 Development & business development (feat. Adam Green and Emily Wilson of Ninety Four Group)

Apr 16, 2026 43m

Our guests this week are Founding Director Adam Green and Director of Partnerships Emily Wilson of Ninety Four Group.Adam and Emily share insights about a sector that’s just as much P2P as it is B2B.…

S2E8 S02 E08 Forgiving ourselves the guilt of imperfection (feat. Marko Salopek, Senior Project Manager at Muse)

Apr 02, 2026 1h 1m

Our guest this week is Marko Salopek, Senior Project Manager at Muse. Marko comes at the discussion from his particular perspective as part of a prestigious public-private partnership placemaking…

S2E7 S02 E07 Development Finance: A Modern Fairytale (feat. Uliana Kuzmis, Chief Credit Officer at Pallas Capital UK)

Mar 19, 2026 49m

Our guest this week is Uliana Kuzmis, Chief Credit Officer at Pallas Capital UK.Our conversation is a window into the world of development finance. Uliana sets out how development is actually…

S2E6 S02 E06 Reform isn't NPPFfortless (feat. Melissa Murphy KC of Landmark Chambers)

Mar 05, 2026 41m

Our guest this week is Melissa Murphy KC of Landmark Chambers.Melissa talks us through the draft NPPF from fresh angles, puts the power of planning committees in perspective, and considers the…

S2E5 S02 E05 Carbon impact, in fact (feat. James Mickelburgh, co-founder of Jensen Hunt)

Feb 19, 2026 39m

Our guest this week is James Mickelburgh, co-founder of Jensen Hunt.As town planning agents, part of our role is to make sense of a subjective and often open-ended policy context that’s always…

S2E4 S02 E04 Inefficiency doesn’t make pence (feat. Viktor Rohacs, Founder and Director of Rohacs Architects)

Feb 12, 2026 47m

Our guest this week is Viktor Rohacs, Founder and Director of Rohacs Architects.As town planning agents, we know it’s as important to secure a successful permission as it is to secure a deliverable…

S2E3 S02 E03 Planning's prickly intersections (feat. Phineas Harper)

Feb 05, 2026 48m

Our guest this week is the one-and-only Phineas Harper.The team at Centro is in the built environment sector because we’re dedicated to the outcomes we achieve. We’re invested in the nature of our…

S2E2 S02 E02 Adrenaline straight to the Kickstart? (feat. Reuben Taylor KC of Landmark Chambers)

Jan 29, 2026 42m

Our guest this week is Reuben Taylor KC of Landmarks Chambers. Reuben is a brilliant planning barrister, and, as you’ll hear, our conversation covers a wide range of topics.From the kickstart…

S2E1 S02 E01 Outcome-orientated Leadership (feat. Cllr Anthony Okereke, Leader of the Royal Borough of Greenwich)

Jan 22, 2026 38m

The Season 2 premiere! Our guest this week is Councillor Anthony Okereke, leader of the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The insightful conversation covers new towns, the emergency relief measures for…

S1E25 S01 E25 Planifesto - Season 1 Finale (feat. Centro's own Luke Raistrick)

Jan 15, 2026 1h 1m

Welcome to the Season 1 Finale! Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI sits down with Centro's Managing Director, Luke Raistrick MRTPI to distil the insights shared by our terrific guests over the course of Season 1.…

S1E24 S01 E24 Agent, operative, principal, spy (feat. Dr Nancy Holman and Dr Alan Mace of the LSE)

Jan 08, 2026 49m

This is the penultimate episode of Season 1 of Make Planning Make Sense!!! Our guests this week are Professor Nancy Holman and Professor Alan Mace of the London School of Economics. It’s a terrific…

S1E23 S01 E23 Sociable, valuable social value (feat. Cleo Folkes of Thrive)

Dec 18, 2025 39m

Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Alex Roth sit down with Cleo Folkes of Thrive to discuss how we can measure and understand social value. In this episode, we talk through how similar the planning balance…

S1E22 S01 E22 Spaghetti throwing (feat. Maurice Lange of the Centre for Cities)

Dec 11, 2025 39m

In our penultimate episode of 2025, Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Alex Roth sit down with Maurice Lange, Analyst at the Centre for Cities and co-author of a report we keep referencing on the show! In…

S1E21 S01 E21 Can you imagine? (feat. Jamie Holmes, CEO of Vu.City)

Dec 04, 2025 34m

Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Alex Roth sit down with Jamie Holmes, CEO of Vu.City. In this episode, we talk through the power of Vu.City as a communication tool. We also chat about what’s next for…

S1E20 S01 E20 Section 106 bangers and clangers (feat. Hannah Irish of McGuireWoods)

Nov 27, 2025 43m

It's our first episode in front of a live studio audience! Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Hannah Irish, Associate at McGuireWoods, discuss the pratfalls and pitfalls of Section 106 legal agreements. We…

S1E19 S01 E19 Experienced planners don't grow on trees (feat. John Somers of the University of Westminster)

Nov 20, 2025 35m

Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Alex Roth sit down with John Somers, Senior Lecturer in Planning and the Historic Environment and Course Leader of the MA RTPI Apprenticeship programme at the University of…

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