Planning After Dark

Planning After Dark

Welcome to Planning After Dark, the bold and insightful podcast where three powerhouse women in planning and development—Alex Notay, Catriona Riddell, and Jackie Sadek—shine a light on the industry’s biggest challenges, trends, and, yes, even a bit of behind-the-scenes gossip. With decades of experience shaping policy, leading major urban regeneration projects, and influencing government decisions, these experts bring candid conversations, deep insights, and refreshing perspectives to the world of planning. From navigating the complexities of development to debating the future of our cities, Planning After Dark is the no-holds-barred discussion you won’t want to miss. Powered by Cratus Group, new episodes drop monthly on all major streaming platforms.

  1. 1日前 ·  影片

    From Policy to Delivery: Housing, Planning and Devolution

    In this episode of Planning After Dark, Catriona Riddell, Jackie Sadek and Alex Notay take stock of a busy summer for housing, planning and devolution, from Matthew Pennycook’s promotion and the new NPPF to new powers for England’s mayors. The panel examines the government’s ambition to tackle rough sleeping and homelessness, arguing that lasting progress will require much more than providing accommodation. Health, social care, prisons, charities and local government will all need to work together, alongside greater investment in affordable and council housing. They also discuss the challenge of turning housing ambition into delivery, including local authority capacity, funding pressures, public-private partnerships and the need to give councils and public bodies greater freedom to manage risk and try new approaches. The new NPPF is broadly welcomed, but attention now turns to implementation. The panel argues that planners need the confidence to use professional judgement and creativity rather than waiting for policy to prescribe every answer. Devolution runs throughout the conversation, with new mayoral planning powers and spatial development strategies offering an opportunity to better connect housing, infrastructure, investment and economic growth. The episode also explores housing “rightsizing”, the work of the Radix Housing Commission and Jackie’s handover of leadership at the UK Innovation Corridor. As the political agenda moves into a busy autumn, the message is clear: the policies are arriving, but now comes the harder part of delivering them. Get in touch! Message us at ask@planningafterdark.co.uk Planning After Dark is the bold and insightful podcast where three powerhouse women in planning and development - Alex Notay, Catriona Riddell, and Jackie Sadek - shine a light on the industry’s biggest challenges, trends, and, yes, even a bit of behind-the-scenes gossip. From navigating the complexities of development to debating the future of our cities, Planning After Dark is the no-holds-barred discussion you won’t want to miss. Powered by Cratus Group, new episodes drop monthly on all major streaming platforms.

  2. 7月28日 ·  影片

    Housing, Homelessness and the Politics of Place

    In this episode of Planning After Dark, Jackie Sadek and Catriona Riddell are joined by housing and regeneration experts Rose Grayston and Jack Shaw for a wide-ranging discussion about the future of housing, planning and devolution. Recorded during a day of significant political change, the panel reflects on the progress made under Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook, including planning reform, renters’ rights, social housing legislation and efforts to strengthen the role of local government. They consider why political continuity, experienced leadership and meaningful engagement with delivery partners will be essential if an ambitious programme of reform is to translate into homes and regeneration on the ground. The conversation explores the urgent need to increase council and social housing, alongside the financial, structural and capacity barriers facing local authorities. Rose argues that solving the housing crisis will require the sector to use every available delivery mechanism rather than relying on a single traditional model of council housebuilding. This partnership-based approach is explored further in her Red Brick article, https://redbrickblog.co.uk/2026/05/how-to-increase-housing-supply-use-every-tool-in-the-box/ The guests also examine viability challenges, spatial development strategies and the risks posed by local government reorganisation. Jackie highlights the potential for spatial development strategies to provide long-term certainty, attract investment and connect housing growth with infrastructure and economic development. Her argument is developed further in the Estates Gazette article, https://www.estatesgazette.co.uk/news/why-spatial-development-strategies-should-be-a-kick-up-the-arse-for-the-economy/ . A major focus of the episode is the ambition to end rough sleeping. Drawing on lessons from Greater Manchester and councils across the country, the panel discusses temporary accommodation, prison release, domestic abuse, support services and the need for coordinated action across Whitehall. They argue that homelessness cannot be solved through housing policy alone, but requires sustained investment, stronger public services and collaboration across government. Rose also introduces the concept of “decline porn”, highly pessimistic and sometimes AI-generated portrayals of British towns and cities that use visible homelessness, tents and deteriorating public spaces as symbols of wider social collapse. The political significance of this emerging online trend is examined further in Prospect’s article, https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/conservatives/conservatives-and-the-british-right/73780/anglofuturism-and-decline-porn-the-brave-new-worlds-of-the-right/. The episode concludes with calls for more ambitious place-based regeneration, stronger development corporations, better engagement with councils and delivery partners, and greater sharing of successful approaches between places. As always, the discussion is candid, informed and occasionally interrupted by breaking political news. It is part planning masterclass, part political therapy session and entirely unfiltered. Get in touch! Message us at ask@planningafterdark.co.uk Planning After Dark is the bold and insightful podcast where three powerhouse women in planning and development - Alex Notay, Catriona Riddell, and Jackie Sadek - shine a light on the industry’s biggest challenges, trends, and, yes, even a bit of behind-the-scenes gossip. From navigating the complexities of development to debating the future of our cities, Planning After Dark is the no-holds-barred discussion you won’t want to miss. Powered by Cratus Group, new episodes drop monthly on all major streaming platforms.

  3. 6月18日

    UKREiiF Reflections, Devolution Debates and the Search for Growth

    In this latest episode of Planning After Dark, the PAD Pod Girls are reunited following a busy few weeks across the planning, housing and regeneration world. Fresh from UKREiiF, Women of Influence celebrations, housing conferences and strategic planning events, Jacqui Sadek, Alex Notay and Catriona Riddell discuss the mood across the sector and ask whether the industry is finally seeing reasons for optimism despite ongoing economic and political uncertainty. The conversation explores the latest developments in planning reform, devolution, local government re-organisation and the future of New Towns, alongside a frank discussion about viability challenges, resourcing pressures and the capacity of local authorities to deliver growth. The team also reflect on the changing role of mayors, the importance of strong place leadership, lessons from successful councils, and why storytelling remains one of the most powerful tools available to planners, politicians and place-makers alike. Along the way, there are reflections on UKREiiF, praise for local government leaders driving change, congratulations for industry award winners, and updates on some of the most exciting initiatives currently taking place across housing, planning and regeneration. As always, it is part planning masterclass, part therapy session and entirely unfiltered. Get in touch! Message us at ask@planningafterdark.co.uk Planning After Dark is the bold and insightful podcast where three powerhouse women in planning and development - Alex Notay, Catriona Riddell, and Jackie Sadek - shine a light on the industry’s biggest challenges, trends, and, yes, even a bit of behind-the-scenes gossip. From navigating the complexities of development to debating the future of our cities, Planning After Dark is the no-holds-barred discussion you won’t want to miss. Powered by Cratus Group, new episodes drop monthly on all major streaming platforms.

  4. 5月28日

    Special LIVE Episode: Planning After Dark at UKREiiF 2026

    Recorded live from UKREiiF 2026 in front of a packed audience, the PAD Pod team takes on the big questions facing planning, housing and development right now. With special guests Paul Clark and Gavin Winbanks joining Alex Notay and Jackie Sadik (while Catriona Riddell battles serious FOMO from afar), this special live episode explores what happens when political turbulence collides with ambitious growth agendas. From delivery versus policy, viability challenges and devolution, to place-based investment, local government reform and whether we’re celebrating success enough, the panel asks what actually needs to happen to turn planning permissions into places. Plus: UKREiiF survival tips, debates about mayoral power, the case for stronger local leadership, and why maybe (just maybe) optimism matters more than ever. Featuring audience contributions from across the sector, including discussions on housing delivery, investment, data, local authority leadership and what the industry should really be asking government for next. Recorded live at UKREiiF 2026. Contains strong opinions, occasional woo-woo, and absolutely no ABBA. Get in touch! Message us at ask@planningafterdark.co.uk Planning After Dark is the bold and insightful podcast where three powerhouse women in planning and development - Alex Notay, Catriona Riddell, and Jackie Sadek - shine a light on the industry’s biggest challenges, trends, and, yes, even a bit of behind-the-scenes gossip. From navigating the complexities of development to debating the future of our cities, Planning After Dark is the no-holds-barred discussion you won’t want to miss. Powered by Cratus Group, new episodes drop monthly on all major streaming platforms.

  5. 5月6日

    Mayors, Mothers and Making It Happen with Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz

    In this special episode of Planning After Dark, Jackie, Alex and Catriona are joined by Mayor of Newham Rokhsana Fiaz for a wide-ranging, moving and very PAD Pod conversation about leadership, legacy and local government. Rokhsana reflects on her eight years as Mayor, from stepping into Newham’s executive mayoral model and challenging old political cultures, to putting people at the heart of inclusive growth, Olympic legacy, community wealth building and the regeneration of places like Alice Billings House. There’s serious talk on housing, homelessness, renters’ rights, trust in politics, London’s looming local elections and why lived experience matters in public policy. There’s also plenty of classic PAD chaos: fashion watch, If Mayors Ruled the World, Star Wars, House of Cards, ABBA, Sade, Michael Jackson scrapbooks and one very strong motherly mantra: “You don’t need permission to be a leader, just be one.”  Candid, hopeful and full of heart, it’s a conversation about cracking codes, rebuilding trust and what happens when women lead from the front. Get in touch! Message us at ask@planningafterdark.co.uk Planning After Dark is the bold and insightful podcast where three powerhouse women in planning and development - Alex Notay, Catriona Riddell, and Jackie Sadek - shine a light on the industry’s biggest challenges, trends, and, yes, even a bit of behind-the-scenes gossip. From navigating the complexities of development to debating the future of our cities, Planning After Dark is the no-holds-barred discussion you won’t want to miss. Powered by Cratus Group, new episodes drop monthly on all major streaming platforms.

  6. 4月9日

    Anniversary Special: New Towns, MIPIM and Mayhem

    Planning After Dark turns one!  And in this anniversary special the PAD Pod marks the occasion with a lively and wide-ranging conversation on the biggest planning stories of the moment. Jackie, Catriona and Alex reflect on a whirlwind first year of the podcast before diving into MIPIM, inward investment and the UK’s patchy international presence, asking what the sector still isn’t getting right about global promotion and delivery. From there, they unpack devolution, spatial development strategies, the Planning and Infrastructure Bill and the government’s latest new towns announcement - including why seven shortlisted locations may be politically significant, but won’t come close to solving the housing crisis on their own. The episode also explores rightsizing and older people’s housing, with fresh insight from a House of Lords roundtable on how better housing choices later in life could unlock family homes and improve quality of life.  And in a more serious final section, the team discuss the worsening treatment of public sector planners, the pressures of committee culture, and the urgent need to support and retain officers across local government. With reflections on the past year and a look ahead to UKREiiF and the next guest, this is a fittingly full-on start to year two. Get in touch! Message us at ask@planningafterdark.co.uk Planning After Dark is the bold and insightful podcast where three powerhouse women in planning and development - Alex Notay, Catriona Riddell, and Jackie Sadek - shine a light on the industry’s biggest challenges, trends, and, yes, even a bit of behind-the-scenes gossip. From navigating the complexities of development to debating the future of our cities, Planning After Dark is the no-holds-barred discussion you won’t want to miss. Powered by Cratus Group, new episodes drop monthly on all major streaming platforms.

  7. 3月9日

    Mayors, Motherhood and the West of England: A Conversation with Helen Godwin

    In this special International Women’s Day episode of Planning After Dark, Catrina Riddell, Jackie Sadek and Alex Notay are joined by Helen Godwin, Mayor of the West of England. Helen shares the story behind her journey into politics – from writing letters to MPs as a teenager to leading one of the UK’s most economically dynamic regions. The conversation explores the realities of political leadership, balancing family life with public service, and what the mayoral model can achieve for places like Bristol, Bath and the wider West of England. The discussion covers: The evolving role of metro mayors in EnglandDevolution and the opportunities for the West of EnglandTransport, growth and unlocking developmentWomen in politics and leadershipWhy storytelling matters in civic leadershipAlong the way there’s also talk of karaoke, social media, and the realities of navigating the planning and development world. A lively, thoughtful and occasionally chaotic conversation about place, politics and the people shaping the future of our cities. Get in touch! Message us at ask@planningafterdark.co.uk Planning After Dark is the bold and insightful podcast where three powerhouse women in planning and development - Alex Notay, Catriona Riddell, and Jackie Sadek - shine a light on the industry’s biggest challenges, trends, and, yes, even a bit of behind-the-scenes gossip. From navigating the complexities of development to debating the future of our cities, Planning After Dark is the no-holds-barred discussion you won’t want to miss. Powered by Cratus Group, new episodes drop monthly on all major streaming platforms.

  8. 2月9日

    Talking Isn’t Delivering: Planning, Power and the Problem with Perfection

    In this episode of Planning After Dark, Alex and Catriona are joined by Gavin Winbanks, founder of Whitehawk Green (stepping in for Jackie) for a wide-ranging conversation on planning reform, inward investment and why the UK so often struggles to move from strategy to delivery. Recorded amid political and geopolitical noise, the discussion opens by asking whether the biggest changes to planning, local government and devolution in a generation are being drowned out - and whether the system can stay the course long enough to make them work. Catriona reflects on local government reorganisation (LGR), mayoral authorities and the opportunity to rebuild planning capacity, skills and confidence at scale. Bringing an investor’s perspective, Gavin challenges the sector to think beyond plan-making and towards implementation: how places present themselves to the market, why the “wall of capital” is smaller than we pretend, and why certainty, clarity and consistency matter more than perfect policies. The conversation ranges across regeneration, brownfield delivery, institutional investment, the loss of regional strategies, and what the UK can learn from international examples. The panel also takes on risk aversion, legal defensiveness and perfection paralysis in planning, alongside a forward-looking discussion on economic identity, sector focus and the role of mayors in unlocking growth. The episode closes with reflections on MIPIM, housing delivery, celebrating success - and a welcome return of Angela Rayner Fashion Watch. Big questions, strong opinions and a familiar PAD message: stop polishing the plans, and start getting things built. Get in touch! Message us at ask@planningafterdark.co.uk Planning After Dark is the bold and insightful podcast where three powerhouse women in planning and development - Alex Notay, Catriona Riddell, and Jackie Sadek - shine a light on the industry’s biggest challenges, trends, and, yes, even a bit of behind-the-scenes gossip. From navigating the complexities of development to debating the future of our cities, Planning After Dark is the no-holds-barred discussion you won’t want to miss. Powered by Cratus Group, new episodes drop monthly on all major streaming platforms.

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Welcome to Planning After Dark, the bold and insightful podcast where three powerhouse women in planning and development—Alex Notay, Catriona Riddell, and Jackie Sadek—shine a light on the industry’s biggest challenges, trends, and, yes, even a bit of behind-the-scenes gossip. With decades of experience shaping policy, leading major urban regeneration projects, and influencing government decisions, these experts bring candid conversations, deep insights, and refreshing perspectives to the world of planning. From navigating the complexities of development to debating the future of our cities, Planning After Dark is the no-holds-barred discussion you won’t want to miss. Powered by Cratus Group, new episodes drop monthly on all major streaming platforms.

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  • 創作者
    Planning After Dark
  • 活躍年份
    2025年 - 2026年
  • 單集
    19
  • 分級
    兒童適宜
  • 版權
    © 2026 Planning After Dark
  • 節目網站
    Planning After Dark

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