How can the planning system support the delivery of large‑scale new communities over decades of change without undermining trust and certainty?

In this episode of The SCOPE, Graham Munday is joined by James Scott (Urban&Civic), Michael Parkinson and Alex Jones (Stantec) to explore how flexible planning consents can unlock large-scale development.

Together, they discuss why traditional planning approaches struggle to keep pace with long-term change, and how greater flexibility can support the delivery of new communities and strategic sites.

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University estates are under pressure. Budgets are tight. Campuses are ageing. Student expectations are rising.

In this episode of The SCOPE, Trevor Payne, Director of Estates at the University of Oxford, and Bryan Murray from Stantec explore how universities can futureready their estates. From smarter use of space and realtime data, to adaptable design, sustainability and climate resilience, they discuss practical ways estates teams can deliver better outcomes — now and for the long term.

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The pace of change and growth in the development of data centres is significant, but how much scope is there to improve their sustainability credentials?

Operational efficiency and power usage can deliver big wins. But what about material choices? How do good intentions make it to reality? Is there an argument that design for manufacture and assembly (DfMA) could be adopted more widely?

Putting the sustainability arguments to the test are Angela Vico Correas, director at studioNWA, Roy Andrade, technical director at Sweet Projects, Timo Hendy, technical director at Stantec, and Stephen Meleady, MEP director and sector lead for data centres at Stantec. Hosted by Graham Munday at Stantec.

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