Webinar: Next steps for planning reform

This webinar will reflect on the breadth of recent planning reforms, covering:

• The government’s progress in implementing the Planning White Paper
• Update on changes to the existing planning system
• The implementation of Permitted Development Rights

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Programme: 

10:00   Welcome and introduction from the Chair

Fiona Howie, Chief Executive, TCPA

10:10   Planning reform update from MHCLG

Joanna Averley, Chief Planner, MHCLG (invited)

10:30   Q&A

10:40   Taking stock of planning reform

Dr Hugh Ellis, Director of Policy

10:45   Q&A

10:50   Delivering new towns in the present and emerging legal frameworks        

Stephen Ashworth, Partner, Dentons 

11:05   Planning reform: concerns from a local authority perspective

Grant Butterworth, Head of Planning, Leicester City Council

11:20   Q&A

11:30   Close

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This event is kindly supported by Dentons

    

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Prices: FREE for TCPA New Communities Group (NCG) members, £25+vat for TCPA Members; £45+vat for non-members.

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