When Lichfields director Dan Lampard wrote about the planning issues around Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat Farm for Thames Tap in June 2023, the response was beyond our wildest expectations.
Dan, who is senior director and head of Thames Valley, and lives in West Oxfordshire, not far from Diddly Squat, gave a rare perspective on life and planning in that part of the world and, in the process, brought us our most-read story ever – around 100,000 page views.
So, after months of trying to match our various diaries, and just as a new series of Clarkson’s Farm is under way, Dan joined us to talk about the issues almost a year on from his original article.
Is Clarkson’s Law now a part of the planning process? What are his thoughts on Green Belt, the Grey Belt and brownfield development? How will density levels be managed in a county like Oxfordshire? And will the problems of the planning system event ever be solved?
Dan offers a rare and knowledgeable insight.
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