The Revitalist

"Every day brings new challenges from cheeky extension plans which would deprive a neighbour of their natural light which the planning officers have to make a decision on, to the illegally-built granny annexe at the end of someone's garden which the planning enforcement officers are going to have demolished.  Nothing evokes more emotion than when the environment in which you live is threatened with change, and the planning office staff appear as heroes or villains in equal measure."

Britain's BBC One has commissioned a documentary series about city planners (via Cyburbia). The series will follow the council planning departments of Barnet and Barking & Dagenham, two boroughs of London. The commenters on Cyburbia seem to think it will be thrilling stuff: "It could rival 'The Office' if its like my workplace."