Make Planning Make Sense

Make Planning Make Sense

Centro Planning Consultancy

Episodes 33
Avg. Duration 41m
Activity Highly Active
Since Jul 2025
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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Weekly
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69%
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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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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…

S1E18 S01 E18 Team allotment (feat. Natalie Taylor of Acacia Management and Facilities)

Nov 13, 2025 31m

Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Alex Roth sit down with Natalie Taylor, Managing Director at Acacia Management Facilities, specialists in interior and exterior landscaping. We discuss opportunities to…

S1E17 S01 E17 Jarring, incongruous, delightful (feat. Esther Robinson Wild & Darcie Kerr of Robinson Wild)

Nov 06, 2025 36m

Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Alex Roth sit down with Esther Robinson Wild and Darcie Kerr of historic environment consultancy Robinson Wild. We talked about Robinson Wild's unique approach combining…

S1E16 S01 E16 Something's gotta give (feat. Paul Willis of YES Engineering)

Oct 30, 2025 42m

Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Alex Roth sit down with Paul Willis, Transport Director at YES Engineering, to discuss the Government and Mayor of London's recent policy note, the need for a "common sense"…

S1E15 S01 E15 Policy slay-kers (feat. Marco Tomasi of Formation Architects)

Oct 23, 2025 47m

Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Alex Roth sit down with Marco Tomasi, Director at Formation Architects. In this episode, we sketch a world beyond this one where planning is predictable, timely, and…

S1E14 S01 E14 Land value capture slaps, sure (feat. Prof. James White of the University of Glasgow)

Oct 16, 2025 42m

Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Alex Roth sit down with Prof. James White, Professor of Planning and Urban Design at the University of Glasgow and co-author of Condoland: The Planning, Design, and…

S1E13 S01 E13 Small and medium enterprises, big picture energy (feat. Alex Uregian of City Sanctuary)

Oct 09, 2025 42m

Aaron Zimmerman MRTPI and Alex Roth sit down with Alex Uregian, Director of SME developer City Sanctuary. We bring Big Picture Energy to our discussion about the competing priorities for high-quality…

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