"No planning" is definitely an extreme stance, but probably more a rhetorical position as a counterbalanced to decades of accrued well-intentioned but misguided planning cruft.

Great. Here's my rhetorical position: we need to octuple the size of the planning department. We don't have anywhere near enough planning. We should create an additional planning-planning department to make plans for the planning department.

But I'll consider a compromise where we merely double the planning department budget.

I like this game!

Well, after a planned (hah) rapid transit line in my city got killed by NIMBYs, I wouldn't disagree with the cruft part. Too many stakeholders and opinions, not enough doing.