New podcast episode 🎙️

Our director, James Mickelburgh, recently joined Make Planning Make Sense to talk about something the industry is still grappling with: how we actually move from climate ambition to real delivery in the built environment.

The conversation explores the gap between policy, design and construction, and why progress often stalls not because solutions don’t exist, but because systems, risk perception and decision making haven’t quite caught up yet.

From embodied carbon and natural materials to insurance barriers, planning policy and early stage collaboration, James shares why sustainability needs to be considered far earlier in the process, and why aligning clients, planners, designers and supply chains from day one is key to unlocking change.

It’s an honest discussion about complexity, optimism and where meaningful progress is already happening.

A big thank you to the Centro Planning Consultancy team for having us!

Listen to the full episode here : https://makeplanningmakesense.captivate.fm/listen