Shows
Planning UnpluggedSingle Family HousingHow does single family housing fit into the national plan for housing? Our host and managing associate James Clark is joined by managing associate Kate Ashworth and partner in WBD's residential team Tom Willows to talk about how transactions are shaped for single family housing deals, how planning plays a key role in ensuring a smooth development process, and the fine balance between ensuring suitable land use and maintaining housing supply.This episode was produced by: James Clark, Kate Ashworth, Tom Willows, Grace Billings, Melinda Kovacs, Cal Behrendt, and Libby Toogood.
2024-02-2223 min
Planning UnpluggedBiodiversity Net Gain: LandownersWhat should landowners be expecting with the latest changes to biodiversity net gain regulations? Our host and managing associate Kate Ashworth is joined by managing associate James Clark and partner in WBD's agriculture team Andrew Farquharson to talk about what landowners should be looking for to take advantage of biodiversity net gain provisions and what basic management and responsibilities they should be tackling to maximise their land's potential.This episode was produced by: Kate Ashworth, James Clark, Andrew Farquharson, Melinda Kovacs, Cal Behrendt and Libby Toogood.
2024-01-2420 min
Planning UnpluggedBiodiversity Net Gain: Local AuthoritiesAs new biodiversity net gain regulations look to take effect from 2024, what should local authorities be doing to prepare? Our host and managing associate Kate Ashworth is joined by managing associates James Clark and Helen Robinson to talk about what steps authorities have to take to embrace the raft of changes, and how its not just the planning departments who need to keep an eye on the latest moves. This episode was produced by: Kate Ashworth, James Clark, Helen Robinson, Melinda Kovacs, Cal Behrendt and Libby Toogood.
2023-12-2017 min
Planning UnpluggedBiodiversity Net Gain: DevelopersWith changes to biodiversity net gain regulations looming, what should developers be expecting to address when they line up to submit new applications? Our host and managing associate Kate Ashworth is joined by managing associates James Clark and Helen Robinson to talk about the new 10% requirement for applications, and why developers would be wary to move any newts before work starts. This episode was produced by: Kate Ashworth, James Clark, Helen Robinson, Melinda Kovacs, Cal Behrendt and Libby Toogood.
2023-11-3021 min
Canadianish Comedians!Cathy Gatlin - Episode 005Cathy Gatlin is the improv instructor for Improv4Health. Over the last 22 years she has taken classes at Second City, Bad Dog Theatre (formerly Theatresports) and most recently at the Kate Ashby Academy. She was also in the improv troupe “Born a Swirly” performing throughout the city of Toronto. Her passion is building community, as well as strengthening confidence in kids and adults. She volunteers to teach improv at St. Joseph’s hospital in Toronto, in the In-Patient Children’s mental health unit. Teaching at St. Joe’s has helped her...
2022-12-0548 min
Institute for GovernmentHow can housing help deliver net zero and levelling up?Expanding and improving the UK’s housing stock will be crucial for delivering on the government’s flagship commitments to achieving net zero carbon emissions and levelling up economic performance and wellbeing across the country.
But the government’s plans so far provide little detail about how this housing revolution will be achieved, and more clarity is needed on the mix of policy, regulation and market support measures required to create the conditions for success.
We discussed the biggest challenges in delivering more affordable homes and a low-carbon transition in UK housing.
Our panel includes:
Bob Blackman MP, Member of the Le...
2022-10-041h 25
Reading Blues PodcastKate Wakeman-Toogood on the chaplaincy, maths and pastoral care#009 - Welcome to the Reading Blues Podcast, the place to find out more about the school and to connect with staff, pupils and parents at a deeper level. Each week we’ll be interviewing people within the school community, asking them questions and spending time understanding more about them and more about the school. In this episode we speak to Kate Wakeman-Toogood, Chaplain, maths teacher and pastoral care. We ask her how she juggles the role she has in school with being an associate vicar at St Andrew’s church, what the future of the chaplaincy looks like...
2021-06-1625 min
Auckland Writers FestivalCompletely Beside Ourselves: Karen Joy Fowler (2018)Best-selling author Karen Joy Fowler is a maverick, with novels and short stories spanning science fiction, fantasy and literary fiction, including the Man Booker Prize finalist We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, The New York Times bestseller The Jane Austen Book Club, and the PEN/Faulkner fiction finalist Sister Noon. She is the co-founder of the James Tiptree Jr. Award – given to works which increase understanding of gender – and is the president of the Clarion Foundation which supports the teaching of sci-fi and fantasy writing. She speaks with Kate De Goldi.
Supported by Platinum Patrons Pip Muir & Kit Toogood.
2018-06-111h 01