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SUMMARY:Implementing design codes in new communities
DESCRIPTION:The Government states that well-designed places should be functional\, support mixed uses and tenures\, include successful public spaces\, be adaptable and resilient\, have a distinctive character\, be attractive\, and encourage ease of movement. To reflect the emphasis Ministers have been placing on good design in recent years\, a wealth of guidance has been published including the National Design Guide\, the National Model Design Code\, and a programme of pilots to test local design codes has been undertaken. Updates have also been made to the National Planning Policy Framework. \n\n\n\nPart of the TCPA New Communities Group series\, this webinar will be an opportunity to hear about research\, published by the Bartlett School of Planning\, about the evaluation and lessons from the first 15 local design code pilots. But it will also be a chance to hear perspectives from the private sector\, as well as local authorities\, who have been working with them to improve the quality of new communities\, and how this knowledge can be applied in other places. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAgenda10:00  Welcome and introduction from the ChairCatriona Riddell\, TCPA Trustee10:05Design code pilots\, monitoring and evaluationProf. Matthew Carmona\, Professor of Planning and Urban DesignThe Bartlett School of Planning\, University College London10:20Working with design codes to create high quality communities Kevin Parker\, Group Master Planning Director\, Redrow Homes Limited10:30   Q&A    10:45Piloting design codes in PortsmouthLaura Archer\, Senior Planning Officer\, Portsmouth City Council10:55  The use of design codes at Bournville Village TrustArthur Tsang\, Director of Communities\, Bournville Village Trust11:05Q&A11:30Close\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis is part of the TCPA New Communities Group programme of events. The TCPA are grateful to Redrow for their support.\n\n\n\n                                        \n                    \n                \n                                                \n                    \n                \n                    	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease select the number of tickets required before clicking ‘Get Tickets’ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo check if your local authority is a member of the TCPA New Communities Group\, or a TCPA member\, please click here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage by Jeffrey Czum
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/implementing-design-codes-in-new-communities/
LOCATION:Online – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:New Communities Group,Webinar
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SUMMARY:An introduction to planning reform for elected councillors
DESCRIPTION:Chaired by Gilian Macinnes\, TCPA Trustee and independent planning consultant\, and facilitated by Hugh Ellis\, the TCPA’s Director of Policy\, this introductory session will explain the current English planning system and outline how the proposed reforms to the system are expected to be implemented. It will take a high-level scan across the critical issues for local authorities\, with plenty of time for Q&A. \n\n\n\nThe webinar is essential for any councillor who is keen to get a better understanding of the English planning system or what the proposed planning reforms are likely to mean in practice. And while the session will be geared towards elected councillors\, it is open\, and might be of interest\, to anyone who is keen to get a better understanding of the planning system – developers\, consultants\, business leaders\, council officers\, community groups\, architects\, designers and students. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAgenda10:00Welcome and introduction from the Chair Gilian Macinnes\, TCPA Trustee and independent planning consultant10:10 Introduction to the current planning system  Hugh Ellis\, Director of Policy\, TCPA 10:30Q&A 10:50What we expect from the planning reforms Hugh Ellis\, Director of Policy\, TCPA 11:10Q&A11:30Close\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease select the number of tickets required before clicking ‘Get Tickets’
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/an-introduction-to-planning-reform-for-elected-councillors-2/
LOCATION:Online – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221110T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221110T113000
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SUMMARY:TCPA New Communities Group Webinar: Long-term stewardship in new communities - from vision to reality
DESCRIPTION:Interest in the concept of long-term stewardship continues to gain momentum among politicians and practitioners\, but realising the full opportunity of this ambition requires an early alignment of policy\, finance\, political will\, and the meaningful participation of local people in the process. The TCPA has produced a wealth of guidance and resources to support those interested in this task. \n\n\n\nThis webinar\, part of the TCPA New Communities Group series\, will focus on the hooks local authorities have to secure stewardship through the planning system. From Local Plan policy to Design Codes\, discussion will look at when and how to secure implementation of long-term stewardship in a new community through planning.  \n\n\n\nThe webinar will be chaired by TCPA Vice Chair Catriona Riddell\, with contributions from speakers including Katy Lock (Director of Communities\, TCPA)\, Mark Patchett (Stewardship and placemaking consultant)\, Richard Ford (Partner\, Pinsent Masons LLP)\, Philip Bowsher (Head of Environment\, Parks Trust MK)\, Robin Waddle (Business Development Director\, GreenBelt). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAgenda \n\n\n\n10:00: Welcome and introduction from the ChairCatriona Riddell\, TCPA Vice Chair (confirmed) \n\n\n\n10:05: Securing stewardship through planning – legal considerationsRichard Ford\, Partner\, Pinsent Masons LLP \n\n\n\n10:15: Securing stewardship through planning – understanding levers and detailMark Patchett\, Stewardship and Placemaking Consultant \n\n\n\n10:25: Securing stewardship requirements in policy: The Plan:MKPhilip Bowsher\, Head of Environment\, The Parks Trust\, Milton Keynes \n\n\n\n10:35: Q&A \n\n\n\n10:55: Planning for stewardship at Northstowe: Reflections from a stewardship providerRobin Waddle\, Business Development Director\, GreenBelt \n\n\n\n11:05: TCPA toolkit on stewardship for new communitiesKaty Lock MRTPI\, Director – Communities & Project Delivery (FJ Osborn Fellow)\, TCPA \n\n\n\n11:15: Q&A \n\n\n\n11:30: Close \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis is part of the TCPA New Communities Group programme of events.  \n\n\n\n                                        \n                    \n                \n                    	\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSupported by:\n\n\n\n                                        \n                    \n                \n                                                \n                    \n                \n                    	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease select the number of tickets required before clicking ‘Get Tickets’ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage by Torsten Kellermann
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/tcpa-new-communities-group-webinar-long-term-stewardship-in-new-communities-from-vision-to-reality/
LOCATION:Online – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:New Communities Group,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Flood and Coastal Erosion: Understanding updates to the Planning Practice Guidance (November webinar)
DESCRIPTION:Climate change will increase the severity and frequency of flooding events\, and planning authorities must account for how flood risk may change over the long-term. \n\n\n\nPlanning Practice Guidance (PPG) on Flood Risk and Coastal Erosion was updated in August 2022 following the government’s review of policy for development in areas of flood risk\, and to bring in line with recent updates to the NPPF. This guidance update covers areas including:   \n\n\n\nthe application of the sequential and exception tests.the use of multifunctional Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS).surface water flood risk.safeguarding land for future flood risk management.natural flood management.supporting transition in unsustainable locations.\n\n\n\nThis webinar will provide an essential overview of these updates and discuss the implications for local planning authorities and those involved with the flood risk\, sustainable drainage (SuDS) or coastal change aspects of planning. \n\n\n\nUpdates to the PPG will be presented by Sam Kipling\, Flooding and Coastal Risk Management Senior Adviser at the Environment Agency. The session will be chaired by TCPA Director of Policy\, Hugh Ellis. \n\n\n\nThis event is free to attend thanks to support from Flood Re.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClick here to register \n\n\n\n\nAgenda \n\n\n\n9:30Welcome and introduction to planning for flood risk and coastal erosionHugh Ellis\, Director of Policy\, TCPA 9:40Understanding updates to the Planning Practice Guidance and implications for practitionersSam Kipling\, FCRM Senior Adviser\, Environment Agency10:10Q&A10:30Close\n\n\n\nNB this webinar will also run on 13 December at 11am\, visit the TCPA website to book for this alternative date.
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/flood-and-coastal-erosion-november-webinar/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:20-Minute Neighbourhoods: Creating Connected Places
DESCRIPTION:20-Minute Neighbourhoods – Webinar 4\n\n\n\n20-minute neighbourhoods or ‘complete\, compact and connected’ places create the conditions for people to live healthier\, more active lives. This webinar – the latest in a series of TCPA webinars about 20-minute neighbourhoods – will explore how better connections across and between neighbourhoods can be achieved in different types of places\, including traditional settlements that were designed for walking but have become car-dominated\, and post-war developments that were designed in an era when it was assumed that car-ownership would be universal. \n\n\n\nImproving the physical infrastructure of streets and increasing their connectivity is however only part of what needs to be done to encourage people to choose active travel. In addition\, people need the confidence to know that they have the ability to reach their destination safely and on time; and need support and encouragement to change deeply ingrained habits such as driving to the local shops or school. \n\n\n\nThe webinar will explore ways of supporting people to do things differently. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFull programme\n\n\n\n10:00Welcome and introduction by ChairJulia ThriftDirector Healthier Place-making\, TCPA10:10The Abbey Estate regeneration project: reconnecting a post-war housing estateGlyn TullyAssociate Director\, Head of Urban Design\, Levitt Bernstein10:30Kendal Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan: improving walking and cycling routes for everyday journeys in a historic townNicola ParkerSenior Programme Manager Cycling and Walking\, Cumbria County Council10:50Q&A11:05Break11:15Wayfinding: giving people the confidence to walk by transforming perceptionsRichard SimonPartner\, Director of Planning\, Applied Information Group11:35Healthier Communities: learning from place-based built environment interventions to increase physical activityDr Katy KarampourDr Gemma BurgessCambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research11:55Q&A12:15Active Travel England – an introductionLaurence FallonDevelopment Management Team Leader\, Active Travel England12:25Closing remarksJulia ThriftDirector Healthier Place-making\, TCPA12:30Close\n\n\n\nSupported by:\n\n\n\n                                        \n                    \n                \n                                                \n                    \n                \n                    	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCover photo credit: Levitt Bernstein
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/20-minute-neighbourhoods-creating-connected-places/
LOCATION:Online – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221213T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221213T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T201232
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SUMMARY:Flood and Coastal Erosion: Understanding updates to the Planning Practice Guidance (December webinar)
DESCRIPTION:Climate change will increase the severity and frequency of flooding events\, and planning authorities must account for how flood risk may change over the long-term. \n\n\n\nPlanning Practice Guidance (PPG) on Flood Risk and Coastal Erosion was updated in August 2022 following the government’s review of policy for development in areas of flood risk\, and to bring in line with recent updates to the NPPF. This guidance update covers areas including:   \n\n\n\nthe application of the sequential and exception tests.the use of multifunctional Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS).surface water flood risk.safeguarding land for future flood risk management.natural flood management.supporting transition in unsustainable locations.\n\n\n\nThis webinar will provide an essential overview of these updates and discuss the implications for local planning authorities and those involved with the flood risk\, sustainable drainage (SuDS) or coastal change aspects of planning. \n\n\n\nUpdates to the PPG will be presented by Sam Kipling\, Flooding and Coastal Risk Management Senior Adviser at the Environment Agency. The session will be chaired by TCPA Director of Policy\, Hugh Ellis. \n\n\n\nThis event is free to attend thanks to support from Flood Re.  \n\n\n\n\nClick here to register\n\n\n\n\nAgenda \n\n\n\n11:00Welcome and introduction to planning for flood risk and coastal erosionHugh Ellis\, Director of Policy\, TCPA 11:10Understanding updates to the Planning Practice Guidance and implications for practitionersSam Kipling\, FCRM Senior Adviser\, Environment Agency11:40Q&A12:00Close\n\n\n\nNB this webinar will also run on 17 November at 9.30am\, visit the TCPA website to book for this alternative date.
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/flood-and-coastal-erosion-december-webinar/
LOCATION:Online – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230221T093000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Launch of the TCPA and RTPI planning for climate change guide – new edition 
DESCRIPTION:The TCPA and RTPI have updated their joint guidance for local authorities on planning for climate change and are launching the fourth edition at this online event. The guidance provides a summary of the legal and policy requirements for planning for climate change (both mitigation and adaptation) for plan making and development management. The guidance covers the whole of the UK and provides an introductory resource for professionals working in the planning system.   \n\n\n\nThe new edition brings the guidance up to date with recent legislative and policy changes. It reflects the current best practices to encourage local authorities to be ambitious and centre climate change in their planning decisions and strategies. The guidance will be accompanied by an online case study hub.   \n\n\n\nAt the launch we will be joined by a range of speakers who will share their reflections on the urgency and opportunities of planning for climate change in the current context\, and we will hear more about Cornwall Council’s ground-breaking Climate Emergency Development Plan Document. The TCPA will also provide an overview of the key updates to the guide.  \n\n\n\nSpeakers include:   \n\n\n\n\nJoanna Averley\, Chief Planner\, DLUHC \n\n\n\nRichard Blyth\, Head of Policy\, Practice and Research\, RTPI \n\n\n\nRobert Lacey\, Planning Policy Group Leader\, Cornwall Council  \n\n\n\nDermot Kehoe\, Director of Transition and Communications\, Flood Re \n\n\n\n\nThe guidance and the event are available at no cost thanks to support from Flood Re.  \n\n\n\nTo register for this event click here \n\n\n\nPlease note this webinar will be broadcast using Zoom software. Please make sure you have registered on the Zoom website to receive a link to the webinar. You will find the registration link in your confirmation email.  \n\n\n\nPlease also make sure your IT department will allow the use of Zoom prior to the event. You can carry out a Test Meeting in advance of the webinar to test your system compatibility\, internet connection and audio settings ahead of time to ensure you are able to join. You can do this here: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115002262083-Joining-a-test-meeting. Recordings will not be circulated after the event. 
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/webinar-launch-of-the-tcpa-and-rtpi-planning-for-climate-change-guide-new-edition/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Life within easy reach: the London Borough of Waltham Forest’s 15-minute neighbourhood framework
DESCRIPTION:20-Minute Neighbourhoods – Webinar 5\n\n\n\nLike many councils\, Waltham Forest wants to create a healthier\, more sustainable and cohesive borough\, and by introducing 15-minute neighbourhoods they are forging ahead. \n\n\n\nThis webinar will explore: \n\n\n\n\nwhy Waltham Forest is embedding the 15-minute neighbourhood concept in corporate policy and creating a council-wide strategy based on its principles;\n\n\n\nhow the Young Foundation has helped the council understand what people in Waltham Forest want and need from their neighbourhoods\, and make this central to their approach;\n\n\n\nwhat they plan to do next and what others can learn from the experience so far.\n\n\n\n\nMany communities are trying to create complete\, compact and connected places. These are sometimes known as 10 -minute towns\, or 15/20-minute neighbourhoods. The exact description\, or the number of minutes\, doesn’t matter\, the idea is\, in essence\, the same. It’s about creating places where people can meet most of their everyday needs within a short walk\, wheel or cycle of their home: neighbourhoods where life is within easy reach. \n\n\n\n\nRegister here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme (tbc)\n\n\n\nThe webinar will feature a range of speakers from the project teams at the London Borough of Waltham Forest and The Young Foundation led by: \n\n\n\n\nJonathan Lloyd\, Corporate Director of Strategy and Change\, London Borough of Waltham Forest\n\n\n\n\n\nSian Whyte\, Head of Strategic Design and Insight\, The Young Foundation\n\n\n\n\n1:30pmWelcome and introductionsGemma Hyde\,Project Officer\, TCPA1:40pmWaltham Forest’s 15-minute neighbourhood ambitionCllr Grace Williams\, Leader of Waltham Forest Council1:50pmOur approach – moving from a concept to practiceWaltham Forest Council2:00pmResearch\, community engagement and co-creating a vision and frameworkThe Young Foundation2:30pmBreak2:35pmThe 15-minute neighbourhood corporate framework\, ongoing data collection and focus areas for deliveryWaltham Forest Council2:55pmKey learning and reflections for other local authoritiesThe Young Foundation3:05pmQ&A session3:30pmClose\n\n\n\nSupported by:
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/life-within-easy-reach-london-borough-waltham-forest/
LOCATION:Online – via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Local Authorities Leading the Way – Net Zero Planning Policy
DESCRIPTION:Join Good Homes Alliance (GHA) and Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) for a joint online event showcasing the progressive work of Local Authorities in developing\, and successfully adopting\, net zero planning policies. \n\n\n\nWe will hear more about recent good news coming out of Bath & North East Somerset (B&NES) and Cornwall Council\, whose local plan updates have both been found sound and legally compliant by the Planning Inspectorate. Both policies set absolute energy targets for housing (energy use intensity) and seek to maximise renewable energy generation on-site. The policies use a different framework from the Building Regulations and cover both regulated and unregulated energy. \n\n\n\nThese announcements reaffirm the fact that forward-thinking councils can set their own ambitious targets that go above and beyond minimum national standards. The work at B&NES\, Cornwall\, Cambridgeshire and others will help set a precedent for other Local Authorities to follow in their footsteps and meet their climate emergency commitments. \n\n\n\nWe are also delighted to be joined by experts from the consultancies who have been supporting progressive councils in developing evidence bases to support their new policies\, and providing guidance on how to implement the policies in practice. \n\n\n\nGood Homes Alliance \n\n\n\nThis event builds upon previous GHA webinars with Bioregional\, targeted at our Local Authority Vanguard Network members\, on ‘Why we need zero carbon planning policies‘ and ‘Spatial implications of developing zero carbon local plans‘. The event also ties in with our ongoing Planning & Placemaking working group\, chaired by GHA Chair Lynne Sullivan OBE\, which has been running during 2022-23 as part of our Build Net Zero Now campaign phase two. The working group is open to GHA members and invited experts\, and outputs for the group later in the year include a ‘mini-guide’\, case studies and a database of progressive planning policies. \n\n\n\nTown and Country Planning Association \n\n\n\nIn February\, TCPA and RTPI held a webinar to launch a fourth edition of their joint guidance for local authorities on planning for climate change. This introductory level resource provides an overview of UK policy and legislation which can be used to address climate change (both mitigation and adaptation) through plan making and development management processes. The guide is accompanied by an online case study hub which features practical examples from across the UK and will be regularly updated to reflect current best practice. \n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nGood Homes Alliance – Event chaired by GHA Chair Lynne Sullivan OBE\n\n\n\nTown and Country Planning Association (TCPA) – Celia Davis\, Projects and Policy Manager\n\n\n\nBioregional – Marina Goodyear\, Project Manager/Lewis Knight\, Head of Sustainable Places (tbc)\n\n\n\nEtude – Thomas Lefevre\, Director\n\n\n\nGreater Cambridge Shared Planning Service – Emma Davies\, Principal Sustainability Officer\n\n\n\nBath and North East Somerset Council (B&NES) – Alex McCann\, Climate Policy Officer\n\n\n\nCornwall Council – Emily Rubin\, Principal Development Officer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\n\nFree-to-attend for GHA members and TCPA local authority members\n\n\n\n£20 for members of GHA partner organisations\n\nPartner organisations include: AECB\, Building Performance Network\, Passivhaus Trust\, SuperHomes\, STBA\, TCPA\, The Green Register\, The Alliance for Sustainable Building Products\, UKIEG\, Woodknowledge Wales.\n\n\n\n\n\n£30 for non-members\n\n\n\n\n\nSign up here
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/local-authorities-leading-the-way-net-zero-planning-policy-2/
LOCATION:Online – via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Rural expressions of 20-minute neighbourhoods
DESCRIPTION:20-Minute Neighbourhoods – Webinar 6\n\n\n\nIn rural areas the implementation of 20-minute neighbourhoods\, or complete\, compact and connected communities poses a different set of challenges from those typical in urban areas. Rural communities can suffer from poorer digital connectivity\, inferior public transport provision and road\, cycling and walking infrastructure\, and limited access to a variety of employment opportunities. Housing quality and affordability\, and isolation from and access to various services can also be issues which impact on rural communities’ health and wellbeing. \n\n\n\nBut there are also opportunities for innovative\, collaborative delivery of services and infrastructure to support vibrant rural communities in ways that support social cohesion and reduce health inequalities. \n\n\n\nWe are pleased to announce that Prof Carlos Moreno\, creator of the 15-minute city concept\, will give an opening keynote talk exploring how the principles behind 15-minute cities and 20-minute neighbourhoods can be applied in the countryside. \n\n\n\nThis webinar will also explore: \n\n\n\n\ncreating connections and networks between villages to increase safe\, enjoyable routes to services and facilities;\n\n\n\nquiet lanes and better sharing of road space between vehicles\, pedestrians\, cyclists and horse riders; and\n\n\n\ninnovative ways to build health and wealth in rural places.\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFull agenda\n\n\n\n10:00Welcome and introductionJulia Thrift\, Director Healthier Place-making\, TCPA10:05Keynote talk: Can ‘happy proximities’ be created in the countryside? Prof Carlos Moreno\, Scientific Director of the Chair “Entrepreneurship Territory Innovation”\, Sorbonne University-IAE Paris10:30Connecting villages around and through the Blenheim Estate – working in partnership for sustainable rural communitiesSarah Featherstone and Judith Sykes\, VeloCity10:50Quiet lanes and lower speed environments – ideas and examples for supporting and promoting rural active travelWill Haynes\, Sustrans11:10Q&A11:25Community businesses and co-location in rural areas – the value of localAlison Macklin\, Plunkett Foundation11:45Linking local people with local carers – a micro-provider scheme in rural SomersetDavid Patterson\, Wivey Cares12:05Q&A12:20Closing remarksJulia Thrift\, TCPA12:30Close\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSupported by:
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/rural-expressions-of-20-minute-neighbourhoods/
LOCATION:Online – via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230913T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230913T113000
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SUMMARY:An introduction to planning and planning reform for elected councillors
DESCRIPTION:This introductory session will explain the current English planning system and outline how the proposed reforms to the system are expected to be implemented. It will take a high-level scan across the critical issues for local authorities\, with plenty of time for Q&A. \n\n\n\nThe webinar is essential for any councillor who is keen to get a better understanding of the English planning system or what the proposed planning reforms are likely to mean in practice. And while the session will be geared towards elected councillors\, it is open\, and should be of interest\, to anyone who is keen to get a better understanding of the planning system – developers\, consultants\, business leaders\, council officers\, community groups\, architects\, designers and students. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAgenda \n\n\n\n10:00Welcome and introduction from the Chair Penelope Tollitt\, TCPA Policy Council member & Director\, Making Places Together10:10Introduction to the current planning system  Hugh Ellis\, Director of Policy\, TCPA 10:30Q&A 10:50What we expect from the planning reforms Hugh Ellis\, Director of Policy\, TCPA 11:10Q&A11:30Close\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease select the number of tickets required before clicking ‘Get Tickets’ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Once you have purchased your ticket\, please make sure you check your spam/junk inbox if you do not automatically receive a registration email).
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/an-introduction-to-planning-reform-for-elected-councillors-4/
LOCATION:Online – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:TCPA Workshop,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230921T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230921T153000
DTSTAMP:20260403T201232
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SUMMARY:Hope for the future: why caring for green infrastructure is vital for thriving people and places 
DESCRIPTION:Public spaces that are well cared for\, with mature trees and new planting\, create a much-needed sense of hope\, a feeling that someone cares and that this place will get better as time goes by. Cared-for parks\, green spaces and trees add to people’s sense of wellbeing – and generate significant economic value. Why\, then\, is the UK so bad at maintaining places and\, in particular\, green infrastructure? How can the UK do better? What new ways are there to pay for the upkeep of green infrastructure? What tools and resources can help get it right?  \n\n\n\nOrganised by the TCPA on behalf of the Green Infrastructure Partnership.   \n\n\n\nSupported by NatureScot\, Greenbelt and the Lady Margaret Paterson Osborn Trust.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFirst session: 9.30-11.00am: Does anybody care about this place?  \n\n\n\nChair: Julia Thrift\, Director of Healthier Place-making\, TCPA  \n\n\n\nKeynote speech: Lord Heseltine – a personal reflection on the importance of stewardship  \n\n\n\n\nFrancesca Osowska OBE\, Chief Executive Officer\, NatureScot: ‘Sharing the journey of a nature-rich future for all‘\n\n\n\nProf Catharine Ward Thompson\, Edinburgh College of Art: Title ‘Why should we care about green space and health?’\n\n\n\n\nSecond session: 11.30am-1.00pm: Paying for maintenance: can investing in stewardship lead to long-term value generation?   \n\n\n\nChair: Celia Davis\, Policy and Project Manager\, TCPA  \n\n\n\n\nRobin Waddell\, Development Director\, Greenbelt: ‘Green Infrastructure Stewardship and Sustainable Income Steams.’\n\n\n\nCharlotte Glazier\, Programme Manager\, Islington Council and Ludo Pittie\, Director\, WSP: ‘Can private finance fund public green space? The Islington Pocket Park framework.’\n\n\n\nNick White\, Natural England: ‘Biodiversity Net Gain – is it the answer to securing long-term blue and green infrastructure stewardship?’\n\n\n\n\nThird session: 2.00-3.30pm: Facing the future: practical advice for getting it right  \n\n\n\nChair: Denean Rowe\, Project Manager\, Planning Aid for London  \n\n\n\n\nDr Gemma Jerome FLI\, Director\, Building With Nature: Why do we struggle with stewardship?\n\n\n\nKevin McGeough\, Ebbsfleet Development Corporation and Mark Patchett\, Stewardship Project Manager\, Ebbsfleet Garden City Trust: ‘Retrofitting stewardship in Ebbsfleet Garden City’\n\n\n\nKaty Lock\, Director\, Communities and FJ Osborn Fellow\, TCPA: Title TBC \n\n\n\n\nWe hope you are able to join us for the conference\, if you have any issues or questions about the session\, please contact Julia Thrift at ‘Julia.thrift@tcpa.org.uk.
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/hope-for-the-future/
LOCATION:Online – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conference,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Planning for flood risk webinar: Applying the sequential and exception tests to planning applications
DESCRIPTION:Planning for flood risk in England is underpinned by a sequential\, risk-risk based approach to development. Planning authorities must consider all sources of flood risk including the current and future impacts of climate change and apply a hierarchy to assess\, avoid\, control\, mitigate and manage flood risk. \n\n\n\nA fundamental component of this approach is the application of the sequential test and\, where necessary\, the exception test. This webinar is aimed at planning and flood risk officers engaging with the development management function of local planning authorities. \n\n\n\nThis webinar will: \n\n\n\n\nGive an overview of the sequential approach to planning for flood risk as set out in the NPPF and Planning Practice Guidance;\n\n\n\nProvide clarity about the sequential and exception tests and when they need to be applied;\n\n\n\nHighlight good practice for local authorities on application of the sequential and exception tests to planning applications; and\n\n\n\nClarify roles and responsibilities in the application of the sequential and exception tests.\n\n\n\n\nThe webinar will be led by Sam Kipling\, Flooding and Coastal Risk Management Senior Advisor at the Environment Agency. The session will be chaired by TCPA Director of Policy\, Hugh Ellis. \n\n\n\nThis event is free to attend thanks to support from the Environment Agency.    \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister to attend via Zoom
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/planning-for-flood-risk-webinar-applying-the-sequential-and-exception-tests-to-planning-applications/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231017T113000
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SUMMARY:New Communities Group Webinar: Planning for Sustainable Transport
DESCRIPTION:New large-scale communities provide a unique opportunity to create places which enable people to live in healthy\, happy places that reduce their impact on the environment\, while enhancing social and economic wellbeing and tending to the future needs of residents. They are in the ideal position to provide innovative transport solutions from the outset\, and as businesses and industries develop.  \n\n\n\nSustainable transport in new communities relies on everything from the right location\, to the design\, delivery and stewardship of place to embed active travel and make sustainable transport the most affordable and convenient option for residents.   \n\n\n\nThis webinar explores how different places are setting up the appropriate infrastructure to adapt to new technologies incorporating transport solutions such as automated vehicles\, micro-mobility devices or demand-responsive transport and enabling sustainable transport\, cycling and walking in new communities.  \n\n\n\nThis is part of the TCPA New Communities Group programme of events. \n\n\n\nThis webinar is sponsored by SLR Consulting and Active Travel England.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                                        \n                    \n                \n                                                \n                    \n                \n                    	\n\n\nPlease see the current agenda below: \n\n\n\n10:00Welcome and introduction from the Chair Prof Simin Davoudi\, Newcastle University and Trustee of the TCPA10:05Update from the Department for Transport Robert Singleton\, Head of Planning\, Housing and Transport\, Department for Transport10:20Embedding active travel Lynsey McGarvey\, Principal Inspector\, Active Travel England10:30Q&A10:45Putting people rather than traffic firstDavid Bird\, Director\, SLR Consulting11:00Non-car travel within and to Northstowe and Waterbeach New TownsTam Parry\, Principal Transport Officer\, Cambridgeshire County Council11:15Q&A11:30Close\n\n\n\nWe hope that you will be able to join us. If you have any questions\, please contact Abigail.grove-white@tcpa.org.uk.
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/new-communities-group-webinar-planning-for-sustainable-transport/
CATEGORIES:New Communities Group,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Planning for flood risk webinar: Flood risk assessments for planning applications
DESCRIPTION:Planning for flood risk in England is underpinned by a sequential\, risk-risk based approach to development. This must be informed by up to date evidence that considers all sources of flood risk\, including the current and future impacts of climate change. \n\n\n\nFlood risk assessments (FRAs) are therefore an important component of the evidence base for planning applications\, and are vital for planning officers to make an assessment of the suitability of proposals. \n\n\n\nThis webinar is aimed at planning and flood risk officers engaging with the development management function of local planning authorities. \n\n\n\nThis webinar will: \n\n\n\n\nGive an overview of the role of the flood risk assessments and when they are required;\n\n\n\nClarify roles and responsibilities for developing and reviewing FRAs for all sources of current and future flood risk;\n\n\n\nHighlight good practice in the development of FRAs and the content required; and\n\n\n\nIdentify examples of flood avoidance\, control\, mitigation\, resistance and resilience and managing residual risks.\n\n\n\n\nThe webinar will be led by Sandrine Thomas\, Flooding and Coastal Risk Management Advisor and Andrew Pattinson\, FCRM Development Planning Advisor at the Environment Agency. The session will be chaired by TCPA Director of Policy\, Hugh Ellis. \n\n\n\nThis event is free to attend thanks to support from the Environment Agency.    \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister to attend via Zoom
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/planning-for-flood-risk-webinar-flood-risk-assessments-for-planning-applications/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231108T113000
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SUMMARY:TCPA Training Session: An introduction to planning and planning reform
DESCRIPTION:This introductory session will explain the current English planning system and outline how the proposed reforms to the system are expected to be implemented. It will take a high-level scan across the critical issues\, with plenty of time for Q&A.  \n\n\n\nThe webinar is essential for anyone who is keen to get a better understanding of the English planning system or what the proposed planning reforms are likely to mean in practice. It should therefore appeal to a wide audience which might include councillors\, business leaders\, council officers\, community groups\, architects\, designers and students.  \n\n\n\nAgenda \n\n\n\n10:00Welcome and introduction from the Chair Gilian Macinnes 10:10Introduction to the current planning system  Hugh Ellis\, Director of Policy\, TCPA 10:30Q&A 10:50What we expect from the planning reforms Hugh Ellis\, Director of Policy\, TCPA 11:10Q&A11:30Close
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/tcpa-training-session-an-introduction-to-planning-and-planning-reform/
CATEGORIES:TCPA Workshop,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231213T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231213T130000
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SUMMARY:Neighbourhood planning and 20-minute neighbourhoods webinar
DESCRIPTION:Healthy neighbourhood plans\n\n\n\nIt is widely assumed that it is the NHS that creates good health\, and that a healthy place is one with lots of GP surgeries and hospitals. However\, evidence demonstrates that although the NHS is good at ‘mending’ people when they become ill\, the things that keep people healthy are the places and communities in which they live. In other words\, health is made at home and hospitals are for repairs. \n\n\n\nNeighbourhood plans can influence how places develop and seek to ensure that a community has good homes\, clean air\, jobs\, access to parks and green spaces\, access to healthy food and opportunities for connection with friends and neighbours. A focus on health in a neighbourhood plan is an opportunity to create places in which everyone can thrive. To do this well\, neighbourhood plans need to consider local health evidence and can choose to use a concept like 20-minute neighbourhoods to frame ideas and think about health in a holistic way. \n\n\n\nIn collaboration with Locality\, this webinar will explore neighbourhood planning and then introduce the TCPA/University of Manchester Neighbourhood planning and 20-minute neighbourhoods toolkit. \n\n\n\nThis webinar will cover: \n\n\n\n\nneighbourhood planning and the role of Locality;\n\n\n\nhow to consider health and wellbeing in neighbourhood plans; and\n\n\n\nintroduce the Neighbourhood planning and 20-minute neighbourhoods toolkit.\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFull agenda\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n12:00Welcome and introductionGemma Hyde\, Project Manager – Healthier Place-making\, TCPA12:05Neighbourhood planning and Locality – an introductionMadeleine Gohin\, Neighbourhood Planning Officer\, Locality12:2520-minute neighbourhoods and healthy neighbourhood plansGemma Hyde\, Project Manager – Healthier Place-making\, TCPA12:45Q&A13:00Close\n\n\n\nSupported by:
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/neighbourhood-planning-and-20-minute-neighbourhoods-webinar/
LOCATION:Online – via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Net zero buildings policies and the new Written Ministerial Statement on local energy efficiency standards (online)
DESCRIPTION:On 13 December 2023\, the government issued a Written Ministerial Statement (WMS) on ‘Planning – Local Energy Efficiency Standards Update.’ The WMS seeks to curtail new local plan policies that use energy-based metrics\, designed to achieve emissions reductions through securing fabric efficiency standards and highly energy efficient buildings.   \n\n\n\nThe TCPA\, alongside other industry leaders and local authorities\, are deeply concerned about the impact of this WMS on the ability of local authorities to meet their commitments to climate mitigation and carbon emissions reductions from new development.   \n\n\n\nThis webinar is aimed at local authorities that are affected by this WMS or concerned about its impact on their plans for addressing climate change through planning policy.   \n\n\n\nWe are hosting this event to provide a series of updates on how organisations and local authorities are responding to the WMS\, consider opportunities to take forward proactive approaches to achieving net zero new development\, and provide time for discussion on next steps.    \n\n\n\nPlease see the agenda below: \n\n\n\n2:00Welcome and introduction– Naomi Luhde-Thompson\, Rights Community Action  2:10The status of the WMS Including an update on legal action being taken against the WMS\, and a reflection on the strength of the WMS and implications for local plan policy.  Speaker:– Naomi Luhde-Thompson\, Rights Community Action  – Clare Murray\, LETI 2:30Local authority responses We will hear from Lancaster City Council and the Essex County Council Climate and Planning Unit about how they are responding to the WMS. We will also hear reflections from leading consultants on net zero local plan policy on their advice to local authorities.  Speakers:– Nicola Melville\, Essex County Council  – Diane Neville\, Lancaster City Council – Thomas Lefevre\, Etude 3:00Next steps  The TCPA will reflect on actions that local authorities can take in response to the WMS\, and there will be time for a discussion and Q&A. Speakers:– Hugh Ellis\, Director of Policy\, TCPA 3:30Session close– Naomi Luhde-Thompson\,  Rights Community Action 
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/net-zero-buildings-policies-and-the-new-written-ministerial-statement-on-local-energy-efficiency-standards-online/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240229T113000
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SUMMARY:Healthy ageing in place
DESCRIPTION:20-Minute Neighbourhoods – Webinar 8\n\n\n\nThe UK population is ageing. By 2040\, nearly one in seven people is projected to be aged over 75 and in some areas of England\, this age-group will make up over 25% of the local population. Concerningly\, unless we act\, many of these people will live years of their later lives in poor health. This has huge implications not only for health and social care but also for how we plan\, create and manage homes\, streets\, neighbourhoods and places. Building and re-generating places to be healthy\, supportive and adaptive to climate change\, through ideas like the 20-minute neighbourhood\, will help older people to flourish in their existing homes and communities and also benefit other age groups and demographics. \n\n\n\nAn ageing population presents opportunities and challenges to create better places\, but ignoring these changes will undermine any benefits of living longer\, with high costs to individuals’ health and well-being and to society. \n\n\n\nFollowing his Chief Medical Officer Annual Report in 2023 ‘Health in an ageing society’\, we are pleased to announce that Prof Chris Whitty\, will give an opening keynote talk before the webinar explores: \n\n\n\n\nhow 20-minute neighbourhoods can be successful places\, where people can choose to live their whole lives because the needs of all age groups and life stages are accommodated;\n\n\n\nwhat age-friendly developments look like – a case study from Greater Manchester;\n\n\n\nwhy age-friendly places must consider the impacts of climate change on older people; and\n\n\n\nthe social and economic value of age-friendly communities.\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFull agenda (TBC)\n\n\n\n09:30Welcome and introductionJulia Thrift\, Director Healthier Place-making\, TCPA09:35Keynote talk: Health in an ageing societyProf Chris Whitty\, Chief Medical Officer09:55How a 20-minute neighbourhood approach can support healthy ageingGemma Hyde\, Projects and Policy Manager – Healthier Place-making\, TCPA10:10Creating age-friendly developments in Greater ManchesterKelly-Marie Rodgers\, Strategic Lead – Healthy Active Places\, Greater Manchester Moving; Dr Mark Hammond Senior Lecturer\, Manchester School of Architecture10:30Break (5 mins)10:35Healthy ageing in a changing climateRyan Woolrych\, Professor Ageing and Urban Studies\, Heriot-Watt University10:55The social and economic value of age-friendly communitiesDr Louise Lafortune\, Associate Professor\, Cambridge Public Health Interdisciplinary Research Centre\, University of Cambridge11:15Q&AChaired by Julia Thrift\, TCPA11:30Close\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSupported by:
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/healthy-ageing-in-place/
LOCATION:Online – via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Homes and neighbourhoods for children and young people
DESCRIPTION:20-Minute Neighbourhoods – Webinar 9\n\n\n\nWhere children and young people grow up shapes their ability to live healthy lives. Children and young people are vulnerable to their environments as they are rapidly developing physically\, emotionally and socially and so homes\, neighbourhoods and communities should be designed with their needs in mind and their voices heard. \n\n\n\nIdeas like the 20-minute neighbourhood\, and engagement tools like Voice Opportunity Power can help us to design and deliver places where children and young people can flourish whilst also benefitting other age groups and demographics. \n\n\n\nThis webinar will explore: \n\n\n\n\nwhy planning and the built environment matters for healthy and thriving children and young people;\n\n\n\nhow to engage with children and teenagers about 20-minute neighbourhoods and place; and\n\n\n\nthe use of youth engagement in a new settlement.\n\n\n\n\nIt will be of interest to anyone working to create and shape places that support children and young people to be heard and thrive. \n\n\n\n\nRegister here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n13:00Welcome and introductionGemma Hyde\, Projects and Policy Manager- Healthier Place-making\, TCPA13:10Why the built environment matters for children and young peopleProf Peter Kraftl\, Chair in Human Geography\, University of Birmingham13:30Co-creating plans for 20-minute neighbourhoods with children and teenagersAnna Gaffney and Jenny Wood\, A Place in Childhood13:50Youth engagement in a new Garden CommunityMichele King\, Community and Social Impact Manager\, Latimer by Clarion Housing Group14:10Q&AChaired by Gemma Hyde\, TCPA14:30Close\n\n\n\nSupported by: \n\n\n\n                                        \n                    \n                \n                    	\n\n\nImage: © 2023. Provided by Impact on Urban Health licensed via a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/homes-and-neighbourhoods-for-children-and-young-people/
LOCATION:Online – via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Net zero buildings\, local plan policies and the 13 December WMS 
DESCRIPTION:In January\, the TCPA held a popular event for local authorities that were considering the impacts of the 13 December 2023 Written Ministerial Statement (WMS) on ‘Planning – Local Energy Efficiency Standards Update.’ Industry leaders and local authorities are deeply concerned about the impact of this WMS on the ability of local authorities to meet their net zero commitments.   \n\n\n\nThe TCPA\, supported by the Good Homes Alliance and a coalition of industry organisations\, are hosting a follow up webinar on 20 May 2024 for local authorities that are affected by this WMS or concerned about its impact on their plans for addressing climate change through planning policy.    \n\n\n\nThe webinar will include an update on the legal challenge to the WMS\, and you will hear from local authorities and expert consultants about how ambitious policies for net zero homes are being advanced in the context of the WMS.  \n\n\n\nPlease click here to register for the event  \n\n\n\nAgenda: \n\n\n\n12.30pmWelcome and introduction from the chairCelia Davis\, TCPA12.35pmScene settingHugh Ellis\, TCPA12.40pmUpdate on the judicial review of the WMSNaomi Luhde-Thompson\, Rights Community Action Alex Goodman KC1pmA panel discussion on local authority responses to the WMSThomas Lefevre\, Etude Marina Goodyear\, Bioregional Emma Davies\, Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service Jaymi Cue\, Bristol City Council1:25pmNext steps and session closeCelia Davis\, TCPA\n\n\n\nThis webinar is organised by the TCPA with support from the Good Homes Alliance. \n\n\n\n                                        \n                    \n                \n                                        	\n\n\n\n\n(Full agenda and list of contributors to follow).  
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/net-zero-buildings-local-plan-policies-and-the-13-december-wms/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:TCPA online briefing: Towards a shared vision for planning reform?
DESCRIPTION:With a General Election on the horizon\, the issue of how to reform the planning system remains high on the political agenda\, with a wave of new initiatives seeking to provide the answers. It is the TCPA’s view that there is no mystery to discover about what’s wrong with the current system nor how to fix it. The main questions which surround planning reform have all been asked and answered in the various reviews of the system over the last decade. \n\n\n\nRecent reform has been driven by the tension between the ideological and the practical resulting in a planning system which is now highly complex but also ineffective. Underfunded\, demoralised\, and lacking public trust\, the system is not capable of securing the transformational change we need. That matters enormously because the planning system is central to any government who has ambitions for an efficient and democratic system producing healthy and climate resilient communities. \n\n\n\nWe must learn the lessons from past reform and confront the barriers preventing positive change. Chaired by the TCPA President\, and leader of the Raynsford Review of Planning\, this timely online briefing and debate will draw on the TCPA’s extensive work on the subject. Join us for a lively and informative debate. This event is free to TCPA members and £10 for non-members. \n\n\n\nPlease click here to book your ticket on the Eventbrite website  \n\n\n\n\n\nPlease see a draft agenda below: \n\n\n\n15:00Welcome and introduction from the chairNick Raynsford\, President\, TCPA and former Minister of State for Housing and Planning15:05Briefing on planning reformHugh Ellis\, Director of Policy\, TCPA15:20Response from the sectorCatriona Riddell\, Vice-Chair\, TCPA and strategic planning specialist15:35Q&A with delegates16:10Concluding remarks Nick Raynsford\, President\, TCPA16:15Event end
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/tcpa-online-briefing-towards-a-shared-vision-for-planning-reform/
CATEGORIES:Free to Members,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240610T133000
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SUMMARY:TCPA Briefing: Building the future - Lessons from the New Towns
DESCRIPTION:Addressing the housing crisis remains high on the political agenda this general election year. From New Towns and Development Corporations\, to Garden Cities and Garden Communities\, cross-party interest in the role of new settlements in tackling the housing crisis continues to gain momentum.  \n\n\n\nThe New Towns programme remains the most ambitious urbanism initiative ever undertaken in the United Kingdom. The programme sought to provide jobs and affordable homes in healthy\, balanced\, and thriving communities. The 32 New Towns delivered through the New Towns Act today provide homes for over 2.8 million people. \n\n\n\nThere are many lessons to be learnt from the successes and failures of the New Towns programme. This incudes the key issues of housing\, green infrastructure\, stewardship\, culture\, finance\, land ownership and delivery. Learning the transferable lessons of the New Towns programme is essential to inform the creation of a new generation of ambitious new places today. \n\n\n\nThis timely online briefing and debate will draw on the TCPA’s extensive work on the subject\, including our recent publication “Our shared future: A TCPA White Paper for Homes and Communities” and RIBA Publication ‘New Towns: Rise\, Fall\, Rebirth’ . Join us for what promises to be a lively and informative debate.  \n\n\n\nDue to the support of our sponsors this online event is free to attend. \n\n\n\nThis event is kindly sponsored by Pinsent Masons and the Lady Margaret Paterson Osborn Trust \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n13:30Welcome and introduction from the Chair  Fiona Howie\, Chief Executive\, TCPA13:35Addressing the Housing Crisis – Lessons from the New Towns Katy Lock\, Director of Communities (FJ Osborn Fellow)\, TCPA\, and Hugh Ellis\, Director of Policy\, TCPA 13:55Response: Pinsent Masons  Jamie Lockerbie\, Partner\, Pinsent Masons (TBC)14:05Q&A14:25Next Steps14:30Close
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/tcpa-briefing-building-the-future-lessons-from-the-new-towns/
CATEGORIES:Free to Members,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240715T123000
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SUMMARY:Planning for flood risk webinar: development management surgery 
DESCRIPTION:Flood risk is a fundamental consideration for planning\, and decision makers must ensure that proposals can be made safe from all sources of flood risk for the lifetime of the development.   \n\n\n\nThis webinar is aimed at planning and flood risk officers engaging with the development management function of local planning authorities and will provide guidance and clarity on some of the detailed technical issues that planners must understand in order to make planning decisions.   \n\n\n\nThe TCPA and the Environment Agency have developed online training resources covering key practice issues on planning for flood risk. The webinar content aims to go into more detailed ‘FAQs’ for which the e-learning provides good background information\, and we recommend that participants complete these training modules prior to this webinar.   \n\n\n\n\nAn introduction to planning for flood risk.  \n\n\n\nFlood risk assessments for planning applications.  \n\n\n\nUsing the sequential test in decision making. \n\n\n\nUsing the exception test in decision making.\n\n\n\n\nAll courses are available at https://learning.tcpa.org.uk.  \n\n\n\n\nRegister here\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis event is free to attend thanks to support from the Environment Agency.  \n\n\n\nFull Agenda \n\n\n\n12:30Welcome and introductionCelia Davis\, Senior Projects and Policy Manager\, TCPA (chair)12:35Defining the Functional Flood PlainSam Kipling\, FCRM Senior Adviser\, Environment Agency12:55Using the vulnerability classification and understanding the lifetime of development Andrew Pattinson\, Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Advisor\, Environment Agency13:15Sequential approach to site layoutSandrine Thomas\, Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Advisor\, Environment Agency13:35Using the flood risk standing adviceSam Kipling\, FCRM Senior Advisor\, Environment Agency13:55Poll on future session topics and webinar closeEvent chair
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/planning-for-flood-risk-webinar-development-management-surgery/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Securing healthy homes locally – a webinar for local government
DESCRIPTION:Healthy homes are essential for people to live healthy\, happy lives. There is strong evidence showing how the quality of our homes and neighbourhoods affects our mental and physical health. However\, around one in ten people in the UK (over 6 million) are still living in poor quality homes.  \n\n\n\nLocal councils are at the sharp end of this debate\, partly because they bear the increased costs that arise from the social care and housing requirements associated with unaffordable and poor quality housing\, and partly because they have the insight and will to drive lasting change to secure healthy lives. \n\n\n\nThe TCPA has produced a technical guide which explains in detail why and how the Healthy Homes Principles can be applied in local policy and practice.  \n\n\n\nThis webinar will share some of the highlights from the guide. We’ll outline some of the approaches adopted by different local authorities around England\, as well as presentations from Lewes District Council\, the Building Research Establishment (BRE) and Tibbalds about the ways they are promoting Healthy Homes and communities locally. \n\n\n\nAgenda \n\n\n\n12:00Welcome and introductionEvent chair12:05Overview of the Healthy Homes guideRosalie CallwayProjects & Policy Manager\, TCPA Sally RoscoeProjects & Policy Officer\, TCPA12:15BRE Homes Quality Mark – operationalising the Healthy Homes PrinciplesJennifer DudleyProduct Manager – Residential Housing\, BRE12:25Lewes District Council – housing and planning workEmily O’BrienGreen Party Councillor for Ouse Valley & RingmerNathan HaffendenAssistant Director – Property and Development\, Lewes District Council and Eastbourne Borough Council12:35Tibbalds – Northstowe and design code for BradfordKatja StilleDirector Planning and Urban Design\, Tibbalds12:45Q&AEvent chair\n\n\n\n\nRegister to attend
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/securing-healthy-homes-locally-a-webinar-for-local-government/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Youth engagement in planning\, regeneration and neighbourhood management - Voice Opportunity Power
DESCRIPTION:Young people have a right to be involved in the decisions that shape the places where they live and including them creates better places for everyone. \n\n\n\nThe Voice Opportunity Power toolkit is a free resource with practical guidance on how to involve young people (11-18) in the way that places get built and managed. It is for engagement practitioners\, developers\, designers\, planners and sports providers and is designed to improve participation in – and the quality of – new development and regeneration. The toolkit was produced by ZCD Architects in partnership with Grosvenor\, Sport England\, and the TCPA. \n\n\n\nIn this webinar Dinah Bornat\, Director ZCD Architects\, will: \n\n\n\n\ngive an overview of Voice Opportunity Power – what the toolkit contains and how it can be used;\n\n\n\npresent some case study examples of how it has been used on different projects and developments;\n\n\n\nfollowed by a Q&A.\n\n\n\n\nPlease register here: \n\n\n\n\nRegister here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar forms part of the TCPA’s work on children\, young people and the built environment. If you would like to know more about this work including previous event recordings and the Raising the healthiest generation in history report\, please click here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSupported by:
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/youth-engagement-in-planning-regeneration-and-neighbourhood-management-voice-opportunity-power/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Empowering young people for a greener future - youth engagement transforming Grosvenor Square
DESCRIPTION:Teenagers and young people have lots of knowledge about their neighbourhoods and spaces\, but too often no-one asks them what they think. \n\n\n\nDesigned to involve young people in the making and managing of their neighbourhoods\, the Voice Opportunity Power youth engagement toolkit is a free resource written by ZCD Architects and supported by Grosvenor\, the TCPA and Sport England. \n\n\n\nCoinciding with the Great Big Green Week\, this webinar explore the transformation of one of London’s oldest public squares\, using Voice Opportunity Power to engage  young people in creating an extraordinary green space with exemplary environmental credentials. \n\n\n\nThe webinar will include the perspectives of developer Grosvenor\, child and youth engagement specialists MATT+FIONA and a young adult who took part in the work themselves. \n\n\n\nThis event will be of interest to developers\, designers\, planners and sustainability professionals concerned with how to amplify youth voices in projects and how to create opportunities for meaningful participation. \n\n\n\n\nRegister here\n\n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n10:00WelcomeJulia ThriftDirector Healthier place-making\, TCPA10:05Case study: Grosvenor Square\, LondonNicola RochfortHead of Community Engagement & InsightsMatthewSpringett and Fiona MacDonaldMATT+FIONAMarwaMayfair Youth Forum alumni11:00Q&AFacilitated by Julia Thrift\, TCPA11:15Close
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/empowering-young-people-for-a-greener-future-youth-engagement-transforming-grosvenor-square/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Tackling health inequalities through green and blue infrastructure - webinar
DESCRIPTION:Can green and blue infrastructure help reduce health inequalities? Join this free webinar that will delve into the latest research linking planning\, green / blue space\, and health inequalities. Led by Professor Ben Wheeler and Dr Mark Ferguson\, from the University of Exeter\, they will critically engage with opportunities and risks that planners face when integrating green and blue space. Then they will provide insights into how a ‘systems approach’ can identify\, and minimise\, unintended consequences\, and maximise health benefits for your places and communities. \n\n\n\nAgenda \n\n\n\nTimeSpeaker12.00-12.20Introduction and evidence on green/blue infrastructure and health inequalities. Julia Thrift\, TCPA Director\, Healthier Place-making & Prof Ben Wheeler\, Professor in Environment\, Health and Inequalities12.20-12.35NIHR funded research project: How can planning and environmental interventions impact GBI-health inequalities systems? Prof Ben Wheeler & Dr Mark Ferguson12.35-12.50Case study: Greenspace access\, public health and the Local Nature Recovery Strategy in urban and rural Dorset. Rupert Lloyd\, Senior Health Programme Advisor & Amy Smith\, Local Nature Recovery Officer\, Dorset Council 12.50-13.30Q&A with the audience and discussion\n\n\n\n\nRegister to attend
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/tackling-health-inequalities-through-green-and-blue-infrastructure-webinar/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Plants\, puddles and possibility: the importance of natural play for children
DESCRIPTION:From muddy knees to makeshift dens\, everyday playful encounters with nature are far more than a ‘nice to have’ in childhood. Evidence shows that contact with plants\, trees\, soil and water supports children’s physical health\, cognitive development\, mental wellbeing and social connectedness\, and can help close health gaps between more and less advantaged children. \n\n\n\nThis webinar will explore what we mean by “natural play” and explore the evidence on why it matters for children\, especially those growing up in increasingly dense\, risk-averse and urban environments.  \n\n\n\nWe’ll look at how green and “wild” spaces nurture creativity\, resilience and build connection to nature and how spaces and places for natural play can be created and managed. We’ll also reflect on some of the cultural and systemic barriers that developers\, planners\, landscape architects and play practitioners face\, from fears over safety and maintenance regimes\, to approaches to mess\, liability and supervision.  \n\n\n\nThe webinar is an invitation to join us in thinking about how to make sure plants\, puddles and possibility are part of every child’s everyday life. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAgenda and speakers (TBC) \n\n\n\n11:30Welcome and introductionJulia Thrift – Director Healthier place-making\, TCPA11:45Children and nature – a vital relationshipDr William Bird – Intelligent Health12:00Playful\, sustainable and inclusive landscapesand gardens – making it happenAndree Davies and Adam White – Davies White Landscape Architects12:20Natural\, playful spaces – learning from Better Place BradfordAdele Adams – Project Manager\, Better Place – Better Start Bradford12:40Q&AAll\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSupported by:
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/plants-puddles-and-possibility-the-importance-of-natural-play-for-children/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:One role\, multiple systems: public health and planning roles in Local Authorities
DESCRIPTION:Webinar \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nOver the last few years there has been an increase in specialist healthy places roles in local government. These roles are often based in Public Health or Planning teams but work across systems as part of Health in All Policies approaches. Recent PHIRST research into these types of roles in the Oxford-Cambridge Arc  and East Sussex and Southampton demonstrate that they support efforts to promote healthy environments in local authority settings and are impactful agents of change\, influencing policy\, processes and people. \n\n\n\nJoin us for a discussion with three people experienced in hybrid public health and planning roles in English local authorities\, sharing what it takes to make these posts happen and what they can deliver once in place. \n\n\n\nWe’ll be talking with: \n\n\n\nLourdes Madigasekera-Elliott Public Health Strategic Lead: Creating Healthy and Sustainable Places\, East Sussex County Council \n\n\n\nLourdes is the public health strategic lead for Creating Healthy Places. She is responsible for addressing the environmental determinants of health\, ecological public health\, getting health into place and embedding Health\, Environment and Sustainability in All Policies. Lourdes works to support population health management\, to address health inequalities\, social injustice\, and environmental protection. \n\n\n\nDr David McAleavey Creating Active and Healthy Places Lead\, Middlesbrough Council (Public Health South Tees) \n\n\n\nDr David McAleavey is a behavioural scientist and public health spatial planner integrating planning\, transport and public health across South Tees\, advancing whole‑systems approaches that embed physical activity\, Health in All Policies\, and healthier environments into spatial planning and local policy frameworks. \n\n\n\nKim Wilson MRTPI Public Health Principal – Built Environment\, Milton Keynes Council \n\n\n\nKim is a Public Health Principal specialising in Healthy Places and the Built Environment. She is a qualified town planner with over 30 years’ experience in Local Authority settings. Working in the shared Public Health Service for Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes\, Kim leads work to integrate public health evidence into a range of disciplines\, working across planning\, transport\, housing and environmental policy to support the creation of healthier\, more equitable\, and resilient places. \n\n\n\nThe webinar is aimed at anyone interested in enabling similar roles\, as well as people who might be interested in taking them up. The session will cover: how health and planning roles can emerge; place-based outcomes they’ve helped achieve (from policy influence to culture change); and challenges and opportunities moving forwards. \n\n\n\nThis event is being held in collaboration with the Health & Wellbeing in Planning Network which aims to support practitioners working in the area of promoting health through planning and the built environment.. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSupported by:
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/one-role-multiple-systems-public-health-and-planning-roles-in-local-authorities/
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