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Paul Smith
@pmsmith.bsky.social
Developer, land promoter, planner, surveyor, cyclist, YIMBY. MD of The Strategic Land Group, director at LPDF, advisor to PricedOut and columnist for Housing Today.

I write longer things on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/longwall
There’s another Paul Smith?
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
As always, thanks to @samuelstafford.bsky.social for trusting me to do it.

The next episode will be about the Dutch system, but who should I speak to after that?
November 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
And, reading the plan, they’re only proposing to meet 80% of their housing need anyway.
October 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It reminds me of the time I bought a toilet seat from Amazon and then kept getting served adverts for toilet seats, as though I was a collector or fetishist or something.
October 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Although someone did say I was a flanker today.

At least I think that’s what they said.
October 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re interested in how other countries’ planning systems work and what we can learn from them, here’s a podcast I recorded with @ebwhamilton about the approach in America.

There are more episodes about other countries in the pipeline too.

open.spotify.com/episode/7EqH...
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
October 5, 2025 at 9:24 AM