# City Minutes: The Croydon planning experiment

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Podcast: [Centre for Cities](https://stenobird.com/podcast/centre-for-cities-828419)
Published: 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://centreforcities.podbean.com/e/city-minutes-the-croydon-planning-experiment/
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## Resource

Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Analyst Maurice Lange as well as Alison Coutinho (Mace Consult) and Guy Rochez (Town) who both worked for Croydon council between 2019 and 2022 when they were designing and implementing a new planning strategy to build more homes in the borough. Building off our recent research into the experiment, Croydon calling: Lessons on rules-based planning, they discuss what made the experiment successful as well as lessons learned.

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