Hitting The High Notes is town planning’s equivalent of Desert Island Discs. In these episodes Sam Stafford chats to preeminent figures in the planning and property sectors about the six planning permissions or projects that helped to shape them as professionals. And, so that we can get to know people a little better personally, for every permission or project Sam asks his guests for a piece of music that reminds them of that period of their career.
Unlike Desert Island Discs you will not hear any of that music during the episode because using commercially-licensed music without the copyright holders permission or a very expensive PRS licensing agreement could land Sam in hot water, so, when you have finished listening to this episode, you will have to make do with YouTube videos and a Spotify playlist, links to which you will find below.
Sam's guest for this episode of Hitting The High Notes is Paul Barnard MBE (@Paul_Planning). Paul is Service Director for Strategic Planning & Infrastructure, his fifteenth job title at Plymouth City Council. Their conversation takes in hostels for the homeless; the Single Regeneration Budget; the importance of both a vision and a political consensus; and distributing CIL via the Crowdfunder platform.
Paul's song selections.
Rubicon by Killing Joke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtqBeBuBoKw
Shadowplay by Joy Division
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPt3-lB5Lsc
Home by Depeche Mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZHs-SRJbzU
This is the Day by The The
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZYgKCbFbWY
Gnossiennes by Erik Satie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7kvGqiJC4g
A Night Like This by The Cure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE1nu67-U2I
This must be the place by Talking Heads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9gK2fOq4MY
Paul’s Spotify playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0IQk1lzFHsKdjDYmAjMX9R?si=AdqGUnMqRTWn8thenEyEWA&dl_branch=1
Some accompanying reading.
A Vision For Plymouth
https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/planningandbuildingcontrol/visionplymouth
Plymouth’s Plan for Homes
https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/housing/planhomes
Plymouth’s City Change Fund
https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/planningandbuildingcontrol/neighbourhoodplanning/citychangefund
50 Shades T-Shirts!
If you have listened to Episode 45 of the 50 Shades of Planning Podcast you will have heard Clive Betts say that...
'In the Netherlands planning is seen as part of the solution. In the UK, too often, planning is seen as part of the problem'.
Sam said in reply that that would look good on a t-shirt and it does. Further details can be found here: http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2021/07/50-shades-of-planning-t-shirts.html
