What even is the planning system, anyway?

Welcome to episode 5 of the Countryside Voices podcast!In this episode, we're talking about something that affects all of us: the planning system. What is it, and why does it matter? First, we take a look at the history, then the power that planning process gives us as citizens to shape our local area and safeguard nature, and finally, the serious threat posed by the government's damaging proposals to deregulate the planning system.Our host Jamie Wyver is joined by Hugh Ellis, director of policy at the Town and Country Planning Association, Madeleine Gohin, planning officer at CPRE,  and Naomi Luhde-Thompson, chief planner at Friends of the Earth.Support the show