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Hitting the High Notes - Steve Quartermain
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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 Steve Quartermain. Steve was the government’s Chief Planner for twelve years, during which time and perhaps most notably he oversaw the introduction of the transformative National Planning Policy Framework. Prior to this, as you will hear, Steve spent thirty years in local government, starting as an unqualified graduate trainee designing local plan covers in Epping Forest and ending having helped to lead Hambleton to beacon council status.
Steve's song selections.
The Battle of Epping Forest by Genesis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFuIYyXiD5w
OK Computer by Radiohead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTOqwbuQq_U
The theme to All Creatures Great & Small
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6aquEsK_JQ
House of Fun by Madness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QnBccG_ChI
If It Happens Again by UB40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s54m7TIFN7w
I’m Still Standing by Elton John
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHwVBirqD2s
Steve's Spotify playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5XDlkcNbob5NCgcKAxXUGU?si=lXf4qpHVT4araW2SQtGO8g&nd=1
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
130 episodes
Manage episode 365691601 series 2716454
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 Steve Quartermain. Steve was the government’s Chief Planner for twelve years, during which time and perhaps most notably he oversaw the introduction of the transformative National Planning Policy Framework. Prior to this, as you will hear, Steve spent thirty years in local government, starting as an unqualified graduate trainee designing local plan covers in Epping Forest and ending having helped to lead Hambleton to beacon council status.
Steve's song selections.
The Battle of Epping Forest by Genesis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFuIYyXiD5w
OK Computer by Radiohead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTOqwbuQq_U
The theme to All Creatures Great & Small
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6aquEsK_JQ
House of Fun by Madness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QnBccG_ChI
If It Happens Again by UB40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s54m7TIFN7w
I’m Still Standing by Elton John
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHwVBirqD2s
Steve's Spotify playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5XDlkcNbob5NCgcKAxXUGU?si=lXf4qpHVT4araW2SQtGO8g&nd=1
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
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