Place Podcast

The Government’s proposed changes to the much-maligned planning system aim to slash the red tape, speed up housing delivery and prioritise creating beautiful places for people to live, but whether the reforms are as radical as Whitehall claims remains to be seen.

Place North West reporter, Dan Whelan, is joined by Simon Halliwell, director of wirral-based architecture firm Paddock Johnson, and Steve Grimster, director of Cheshire-based planning consultancy Grimster Planning, to discuss the new reforms.