Town and Country Planning Association

An introduction to planning and planning reform for elected councillors
2023-09-13 10:00 - 11:30 (Europe/London) | Online – Zoom, United Kingdom
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.

The 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.

Agenda

10:00Welcome 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

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Rural expressions of 20-minute neighbourhoods
2023-06-29 10:00 - 12:30 | Online – via Zoom
20-Minute Neighbourhoods – Webinar 6

In 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.

But 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.

We 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.

This webinar will also explore:

creating connections and networks between villages to increase safe, enjoyable routes to services and facilities;

quiet lanes and better sharing of road space between vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders; and

innovative ways to build health and wealth in rural places.

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Full agenda

10:00Welcome 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

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Local Authorities Leading the Way – Net Zero Planning Policy
2023-04-18 12:00 - 13:30 | Online – via Zoom
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.

We 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.

These 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.

We 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.

Good Homes Alliance

This 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.

Town and Country Planning Association

In 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.

Speakers

Good Homes Alliance – Event chaired by GHA Chair Lynne Sullivan OBE

Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) – Celia Davis, Projects and Policy Manager

Bioregional – Marina Goodyear, Project Manager/Lewis Knight, Head of Sustainable Places (tbc)

Etude – Thomas Lefevre, Director

Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service – Emma Davies, Principal Sustainability Officer

Bath and North East Somerset Council (B&NES) – Alex McCann, Climate Policy Officer

Cornwall Council – Emily Rubin, Principal Development Officer

Registration

Free-to-attend for GHA members and TCPA local authority members

£20 for members of GHA partner organisations

Partner organisations include: AECB, Building Performance Network, Passivhaus Trust, SuperHomes, STBA, TCPA, The Green Register, The Alliance for Sustainable Building Products, UKIEG, Woodknowledge Wales.

£30 for non-members

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Spring conference: Creating healthy active environments - moving from rhetoric to reality?
2023-03-29 10:30 - 15:00 | Online – Zoom, United Kingdom
The built and natural environments have profound impacts on people’s health, wellbeing and life chances. We know, for example, that substandard housing increases the likelihood of respiratory, cardiovascular and communicable diseases, as well as mortality. Poor-quality housing is associated with poor mental health, and can cause stress, depression, and anxiety. Our neighbourhoods are also crucially important to our mental and physical wellbeing. Those which discourage walking and have poor cycling infrastructure can have negative impacts on residents’ mental wellbeing and can increase the risk of type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and musculoskeletal conditions.

These links have been known for a long time, and yet too often we are seeing homes and places that undermine people’s health and wellbeing rather than help improve it. Nowhere has this been demonstrated more clearly than in Health Equity in England: the Marmot Review 10 Years On, which showed that places matter dramatically to life expectancy.

This conference will focus on what people and places can and are doing to reunite planning and health in the hope of inspiring even greater ambition and action.

Keynote address: Creating more active places to boost the health of the nation

Chris Boardman

National Active Travel Commissioner for England and Chair of Sport England

Agenda

10:30Welcome and introduction from the chairChair: Fiona Howie, Chief Executive, Town and Country Planning Association10:35Keynote address: Creating more active places to boost the health of the nationChris Boardman, National Active Travel Commissioner for England and Chair of Sport England10:55Q&A11:05Supporting practical action:• Active Design 3Robert Holt, Sports England • Building for a healthy lifeAmy Burbidge, Head of Design and Master Development, Homes England • Tackling health inequalities – The role of the Place and Wellbeing Outcomes and the Place Standard ToolIrene Beautyman, Place & Wellbeing Partnership Lead at the Improvement Service & Public Health Scotland12:05Facilitated discussion and audience Q&A12:30Break for Lunch

13:15Welcome back and introduction to the afternoon session from the chairChair: Julia Thrift, Director of Healthier Place-making, TCPA13:20The Sovereign ‘Homes and Place Standard‘Emma Wilson, Head of Development Policy, Strategy and Performance at Sovereign Housing Association 13:35Q&A13:45Making it happen – the challenges and opportunities and myths and realities• East Suffolk Cycling and Walking Strategy – Jason Beck, Planner (Policy and Delivery), East Suffolk Council • Lambeth Kerbside Strategy – Simon Phillips, Assistant Director for Sustainable Development and Climate Change Response, Sustainable Growth and Opportunity Directorate at London Borough of Lambeth• Belfast Healthy Cities – Aranvir Singh Gawera, Programme Officer, Belfast Healthy Cities14:30Facilitated discussion and audience Q&A15:00Close

This conference is supported by Sport England

Photo credit: Elliot Manches, from the Centre for Ageing Better resource library

New Communities Group webinar: Delivering climate resilient new communities
2023-03-22 10:00 - 11:30 | Online – Zoom, United Kingdom
New Garden Cities and large-scale developments must be places that address climate change mitigation and adaptation. They must have a long-term vision to deal with climate change impacts within a local democratic context, allowing communities to participate in forming and implementing solutions to the problems that we face. Climate adaptation must be a foundational principle in how we plan for new growth.

Drawing upon the learnings from Garden City Standards Practical Guide 14: Building Climate Resilient New Communities, this New Communities Group webinar will explore the overarching requirements of a successful adaptation strategy, provide an overview of recommendations on how master planning can be carried out to ensure climate change adaptation, as well as recommendations on delivery.

This session will be essential for councillors, developers, consultants, business leaders, council officers, community groups, architects and designers, students and anyone who is interested in the creation of climate resilient new communities.

This is part of the TCPA New Communities Group programme of events.

We’re grateful to Arcadis for their support of this event:

Agenda:

10:00Welcome and introduction from the ChairSandra Fryer, TCPA Trustee10:05Building Climate Resilient New CommunitiesCelia Davis, Projects & Policy Manager (Climate), TCPA10:20Linking resilience and adaptation to nature recoveryJim Davies, Senior Advisor (Local Nature Recovery Strategies), Environment Agency10:30Climate resilient masterplanningArcadis10:40Q&ALocal authority case studies:10:55Essex County Council: Essex Climate CommissionMatthew Thomas, Growth and Development Manager, Essex County Council11:05East Devon District Council: District heating strategyThea Billeter, Cranbrook New Community Manager, East Devon District Council11:15Q&A11:30Close

This event is free to New Communities Group members – check if your local authority is a member here.

TCPA Members get discounted tickets – explore membership options here.

Life within easy reach: the London Borough of Waltham Forest’s 15-minute neighbourhood framework
2023-02-28 13:30 - 15:30 | Online – via Zoom
20-Minute Neighbourhoods – Webinar 5

Like many councils, Waltham Forest wants to create a healthier, more sustainable and cohesive borough, and by introducing 15-minute neighbourhoods they are forging ahead.

This webinar will explore:

why Waltham Forest is embedding the 15-minute neighbourhood concept in corporate policy and creating a council-wide strategy based on its principles;

how 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;

what they plan to do next and what others can learn from the experience so far.

Many 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.

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Programme (tbc)

The webinar will feature a range of speakers from the project teams at the London Borough of Waltham Forest and The Young Foundation led by:

Jonathan Lloyd, Corporate Director of Strategy and Change, London Borough of Waltham Forest

Sian Whyte, Head of Strategic Design and Insight, The Young Foundation

1:30pmWelcome 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

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New Communities Group Webinar: Briefing on planning reforms and the NPPF
2023-02-22 10:00 - 11:00 | Online – Zoom, United Kingdom
From the changes to housing needs forecasting, and a new structure for development plans, to new powers for Development Corporations, planning reform and revised national policy will have significant implications for the planning system and how we might plan strategically for housing growth, and the mechanisms to deliver.

This online briefing will set out what the package of planning reforms outlined in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill and Consultation on the National Planning Policy Framework might mean for those planning for and delivering new communities. It will include an opportunity for discussion and for NCG members and other attendees to share their views. The briefing will be provided by TCPA Director of Policy Dr Hugh Ellis and TCPA Director of Communities and FJ Osborn Fellow, Katy Lock.

This session will be essential for councillors, developers, consultants, business leaders, council officers, community groups, architects and designers, students and anyone who is interested in the creation of new communities.

Agenda

10:00 Welcome and scene-setting (Chair, Katy Lock, Director of Communities, TCPA)

10:10 Overview of key changes and implications of planning reform and revised NPPF for new communities (Dr Hugh Ellis, Director of Policy, TCPA)

10:20 Discussion/responses from attendees

10:55 Summary and next steps (Chair, Katy Lock, Director of Communities, TCPA)

11:00 Close

This is part of the TCPA New Communities Group programme of events.

This event is free to New Communities Group members – check if your local authority is a member here.

TCPA Members get discounted tickets – explore membership options here.

Webinar: Launch of the TCPA and RTPI planning for climate change guide – new edition
2023-02-21 09:30 - 10:30
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.

The 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.

At 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.

Speakers include:

Joanna Averley, Chief Planner, DLUHC

Richard Blyth, Head of Policy, Practice and Research, RTPI

Robert Lacey, Planning Policy Group Leader, Cornwall Council

Dermot Kehoe, Director of Transition and Communications, Flood Re

The guidance and the event are available at no cost thanks to support from Flood Re.

To register for this event click here

Please 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.

Please 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.

Healthy Homes campaign parliamentary briefing and drinks reception
2023-01-18 18:30 - 21:00 | One Great George Street, 1 Great George Street, London, SW1P 3AA
Lord Nigel Crisp and the Town and Country Planning Association are delighted to invite you to a policy briefing and drinks reception for the Healthy Homes campaign at 6.30pm on 18th January 2023, in the beautiful setting of One Great George Street, just a stone’s throw from the Palace of Westminster.

The evening will begin with a short briefing on the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, its consequences for delivering healthy homes and places, and an amendment which Lord Crisp is proposing to ensure that these are achieved.

This will be followed by drinks and canapés, alongside the first exhibition of These are Homes, a photography project which has captured the human cost of England’s 21st century slums.

Through the evening we will also hear from Lord Crisp (ex-Chief Executive of NHS England), Professor Kamila Hawthorne MBE (Chair, Royal College of General Practitioners), artists, campaigners and others who contributed to These are Homes.

(This event replaces the reception and briefing originally scheduled for 14 December 2022, but cancelled due to strike action.)

Provisional Agenda

18:30ArrivalDrinks available18:40Welcome and introductory remarksLord Nigel Crisp KCB and Professor Kamila Hawthorne MBE, Chair, Royal College of General Practitioners18:45Briefing: What does the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill mean for healthy homes and places, and what amendments do we need to see in the Lords?Dr Hugh Ellis, Director of Policy at the TCPA19:00Introducing These are Homes – views from the front line of a crisisRob Clayton, PhotographerRhiannon Hughes, South West London Law Centre 19:10ReceptionDrinks and canapés20:30End

The Healthy Homes campaign is funded by the Nationwide Foundation. This event has been kindly supported by VELUX.

Flood and Coastal Erosion: Understanding updates to the Planning Practice Guidance (December webinar)
2022-12-13 11:00 - 12:00 | Online – Zoom, United Kingdom
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.

Planning 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:

the 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.

This 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.

Updates 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.

This event is free to attend thanks to support from Flood Re.

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Agenda

11:00Welcome 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

NB this webinar will also run on 17 November at 9.30am, visit the TCPA website to book for this alternative date.

20-Minute Neighbourhoods: Creating Connected Places
2022-12-06 10:00 - 12:30 | Online – Zoom, United Kingdom
20-Minute Neighbourhoods – Webinar 4

20-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.

Improving 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.

The webinar will explore ways of supporting people to do things differently.

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Full programme

10:00Welcome 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

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Cover photo credit: Levitt Bernstein

Understanding flood risk and the planning system in England – event for communities (London)
2022-12-05 17:00 - 19:00 | Town & Country Planning Association offices, 17 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AS, United Kingdom
The experience and risk of flooding is already a difficult reality for many people in England, and is likely to become more common in future as a result of climate change. Many people in communities affected by flooding are keen to work with those who manage flood risk to make their local areas safer.

The planning system plays a key role in helping to make places safer, by helping deliver the protection that is needed, and by making sure new development does not make flood risk problems worse. However, the planning system can be difficult to navigate and trying to get your voice heard can feel frustrating.

This workshop will provide an introduction to the planning system, with a particular focus on the relationship between planning and flood risk.

The session will include:

A broad overview of the planning system in England

The planning system’s role in addressing flood risk – both in plan making (creating Local Plans) and development management (planning permissions)

Solutions for improving the reduction of flood risk

How communities can influence planning in their area

The organisations involved in flood risk management

Where to look for further information on flood risk in your area

An overview of recent updates to planning practice guidance on flood risk and coastal erosion

This workshop aims to support people to navigate the complexities of the planning system and gain confidence in engaging with the planning decisions that affect them. The session will be of benefit to individuals and community groups wishing to engage with the planning system to ensure that flood risk is identified, considered and appropriate action taken to reduce flood risk.

These workshops are free to attend thanks to support from Flood Re and are being organised in partnership with the National Flood Forum. Participant information will be shared with the Flood Forum to support organisation of the event.

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The Forgotten Pioneers – TCPA /Bartlett School of Planning Wiki edit-a-thon
2022-12-02 10:00 - 16:00 | UCL, Institute of Education – Room W3.08, UCL, Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0AL, United Kingdom
Join us for a day of learning and practical action to celebrate women of the Garden City and New Towns movements

The Garden City movement was one of collaboration and collective action and would not have been possible without a coalition of countless voices. However, in the telling of its history, many of these voices have been omitted.

Following the 2020 TCPA project ‘The Forgotten Pioneers: Celebrating the Women of the Garden City Movement’, the TCPA has been highlighting and celebrating the forgotten voices of the Garden City movement and promoting diversity in the movement today. One of the challenges to promoting diversity in the movement is the under-representation online of women in the built environment in mainstream and free internet sites like Wikipedia (more widely, 85% of voluntary Wikipedia editors are men and of all the biographies on Wikipedia in English, only 19% are about women).

To help redress the balance, the TCPA is collaborating with the Bartlett School of Planning on a Wikipedia ‘edit-a-thon’ on women in the Garden City and New Towns movements (edit-a-thons are used to enable the updating and addition of content on Wikipedia, about a chosen subject). The edit-a-thon will focus on creating and populating the Wikipedia pages for the women that are featured in the TCPA Forgotten Pioneers publication. Participants will also be invited to identify other ‘forgotten’ voices to add to the site.

Wikipedia editors, members of the TCPA and Bartlett School of Planning teams, and academic Dr Alina Congreve will assist with the running and research during the event. This is a great opportunity to gain new skills and highlight the achievements of women in the built environment. The programme will include a presentation about women in the Garden City movement and New Towns programme, training on how to create/edit content on Wikipedia, and research and editing time.

Lunch will be provided.

This event is directed at the Bartlett School of Planning staff, students and alumni, but is ideal for anyone with an interest in writing and the built environment. It provides an opportunity to collaborate and play a practical role in recording and celebrating the legacy of women’s involvement in the Garden City movement and beyond. It will involve some prior preparation and only 30 spaces are available, therefore we ask that you are able to commit to attending, to ensure the best experience and outcome for everyone involved.

Book your tickets early as there are limited places!

We hope this will be the first in a series of collaborative events aimed at improving the diversity of voices represented in online histories and dialogue on planning and the built environment.

This event is a collaboration between the TCPA and:

Draft Programme

10:00Welcome and introduction to the event – Katy Lock (Director of Communities & FJ Osborn Fellow, TCPA) with Dr Michael Short (Bartlett School of Planning)10:10Presentation about Women in the Garden City and New Towns Movements – Becky Lambert (Osborn Research Assistant, TCPA)10:30Training: How to edit a Wikipedia page – Stuart Prior (Wikipedia)11:15Break11:30Training: How to edit a Wikipedia page continued – Stuart Prior (Wikipedia)12:30Distribution/picking of profiles to edit13:00Lunch13:30Time for editing 14:15Tips on writing and researching profiles – Dr Alina Congreve14:25Continue editing15:50Concluding remarks16:00End of event

Understanding flood risk and the planning system in England – event for communities (Birmingham)
2022-11-30 18:30 - 20:30 | The Priory Rooms, The Priory Rooms, Quaker Meeting House, 40 Bull Street, Birmingham, Select a State or Province:, B46AF
The experience and risk of flooding is already a difficult reality for many people in England, and is likely to become more common in future as a result of climate change. Many people in communities affected by flooding are keen to work with those who manage flood risk to make their local areas safer.

The planning system plays a key role in helping to make places safer, by helping deliver the protection that is needed, and by making sure new development does not make flood risk problems worse. However, the planning system can be difficult to navigate and trying to get your voice heard can feel frustrating.

This workshop will provide an introduction to the planning system, with a particular focus on the relationship between planning and flood risk.

The session will include:

A broad overview of the planning system in England

The planning system’s role in addressing flood risk – both in plan making (creating Local Plans) and development management (planning permissions)

Solutions for improving the reduction of flood risk

How communities can influence planning in their area

The organisations involved in flood risk management

Where to look for further information on flood risk in your area

An overview of recent updates to planning practice guidance on flood risk and coastal erosion

This workshop aims to support people to navigate the complexities of the planning system and gain confidence in engaging with the planning decisions that affect them. The session will be of benefit to individuals and community groups wishing to engage with the planning system to ensure that flood risk is identified, considered and appropriate action taken to reduce flood risk.

These workshops are free to attend thanks to support from Flood Re. These workshops are free to attend thanks to support from Flood Re and are being organised in partnership with the National Flood Forum. Participant information will be shared with the Flood Forum to support organisation of the event.

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A New Era for Green Infrastructure?
2022-11-29 09:30 - 15:30 | Online – Zoom, United Kingdom
New rescheduled date

Organised by the TCPA on behalf of the UK Green Infrastructure Partnership, this conference will consider the following questions:

What is Britain’s green infrastructure policy post BREXIT?

How can ambitious national policies be translated into innovative projects on the ground?

Are local leaders ready to do things differently?

What skills are needed – and who needs them?

This conference is organised on behalf of the Green Infrastructure Partnership:

9.30-11.00 Session 1, chaired by Julia Thrift, Director of Healthier Place-making, TCPA

Addressing the gap between strong national green infrastructure policy and weak local implementation: what can be done?

The Good, the Weak and the Vulnerable: reflecting on green infrastructure policy and delivery across the UKProf Alister Scott, Northumbria University

Addressing the gap between national policy and local delivery: a personal reflectionJon Burke, Climate Change and Decarbonisation Lead, Gloucester City Council and former Cabinet Member, Hackney Council

Discussion and questions (45 minutes)

How can the gap between the ambitions for green infrastructure set out in policy and the sometimes disappointing practice at local level be avoided? What skills and resources are needed? What’s preventing transformative urban greening?

Jane Findlay, Past President, Landscape Institute

Sheena Raeburn, Raeburn Farquhar Bowen

Prof Alister Scott, Northumbria University

Jon Burke, Climate Change and Decarbonisation Lead, Gloucester City Council and former Cabinet Member, Hackney Council

11:30 – 13:00 Session 2, chaired by Fiona Howie, Chief Executive, TCPA

Improving green infrastructure at landscape and city scale for people and the environment

Growing Ambitions: Reimagining Nottingham’s Broadmarsh + Little IslandLisa Finlay, Partner and Group Leader, Heatherwick Studio

Birmingham Urban Forest MasterplanSimon Needle, Principle Arboriculturist / Principal Ecologist, Birmingham City Council

Central Scotland Green NetworkEmilie Wadsworth, Operations Director, Green Action Trust

Discussion:

Are local leaders ready and willing to let bold ideas flourish? Are they brave enough to implement decisions based on new priorities in order to support the climate and better health and wellbeing?

14:00 – 15:30 Session 3, chaired by Julia Thrift, Director of Healthier Place-making, TCPA

Creating and managing urban green spaces to maximise multiple benefits

Managing parks for health and wellbeing: lessons from Islington and Camden’s Parks for Health StrategyCatherine Max, Health and Sustainability Consultant, and Barry Emmerson, Head of Parks, Islington Council

Adapting our grey urban spaces into climate-proof placesHoward Gray, Consultant, GreenBlue Urban

Parque Central Madrid Nuevo NorteAlvaro Novás Filgueira, Project Leader and Architect, West 8

Discussion:

What needs to change to ensure that all local green spaces are managed both for community and cultural value, but also as part of wider green infrastructure networks? What changes are needed to workforce culture and training and how can this be facilitated?

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Photo credit: Timothy Schenck

Sir Frederic J Osborn memorial event 2022: The poetry of place
2022-11-24 17:30 - 20:30 | Regent’s University London, Inner Circle, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4NS
New rescheduled date (due to rail strikes)

Join us for an evening of poetry, drinks and discussion for our annual event in memory of Sir Frederic J Osborn. Osborn was an important figure in the TCPA’s history. A passionate campaigner for healthy places and social justice, Osborn was instrumental in securing the New Towns legislation, which enabled 32 new towns to be established across the UK as part of creating and rebuilding homes and communities following the Second World War. Alongside his campaigning work – Osborn wrote prolifically including satire and poetry, and a book of his verses – ‘Can Man Plan?’ – was published in 1959.

With performances from poets Zena Edwards and Emily Hasler with Jonathan Glancey, architectural critic, writer and Patron of The Betjeman Society, this event will explore how poetry and the arts can help us understand people and place. The event will touch on some of Osborn’s work and correspondence with Sir John Betjeman, one the pre-eminent poets of the 20th century who enthused people about the value of Britain’s cities, landscapes and architecture, alongside contemporary perspectives on creating a sense of place. This subject complements TCPA’s wider work, particularly on reuniting art and planning, and on exploring how the foundations of the Garden City movement can give practical hope to 21st century communities.

The TCPA are grateful to the Lady Margaret Paterson Osborn Trust for supporting this event, which is being held in partnership with The Betjeman Society.

Agenda:

17:00–18:00 – Arrivals

18:10 – Welcome from Andrew Pritchard, Chair of the TCPA

18:20 – The Poetry of Place, with Zena Edwards, Emily Hasler, and Jonathan Glancey

19:20 – Drinks and canapés

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Cover photo: An early performance at The Dell natural amphitheatre, part of the vibrant cultural life of the Osborns’ home at Welwyn Garden City (Courtesy of the Welwyn Garden Heritage Trust)

TCPA Annual Conference 2022: Unpicking ‘levelling up’: what does it mean for place-making?
2022-11-24 10:30 - 16:00 | Regent’s University London, Inner Circle, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4NS, United Kingdom
The Westminster Government published the Levelling Up White Paper in February 2022, arguing that levelling up is a ‘moral, social and economic programme for the whole of government’. The White Paper set out policy ‘missions’, which will require commitment and collaboration. The reform of the English planning system is set to be taken forward in the context of delivering this agenda, against a backdrop of unexpected political and economic instability.

This conference will consider what levelling up means for place-making and place-shaping; whether the proposed interventions are the right ones; and what action at national and local levels will be needed to achieve the missions regarding improving people’s health and wellbeing and increasing people’s pride in place. We will hear from a wide range of perspectives including from government, the private sector and local authorities.

Session 1: Levelling up – what does it mean?

This session will provide an overview and update of levelling up agenda; consider whether there are potential gaps; and whether further interventions might be required.

10:00Registration and networkingTea and coffee available10:30Welcome and introduction from the chairAndrew Pritchard, Chair, TCPA10:35Overview of the Levelling Up agenda and ongoing planning reformsJoanna Averley, Chief Planner, Department of Levelling Up Housing & Communities10:50Q&A11:00A view on planning reform from the TCPAHugh Ellis, Policy Director, TCPA11:10Q&A11:20Delivering levelling up in practice – Stoke on TrentCllr Abi Brown, Leader, Stoke City Council11:35Delivering levelling up in practice – ThamesmeadJohn Lewis, Executive Director Thamesmead, Peabody11:50Q&A and Discussion12:15Lunch and networking

Session 2: Pride in place

This session will focus on the levelling up mission around ‘pride in place’, which seeks to secure an increase in measures such as people’s satisfaction with their town centre and engagement in local culture and community. The mission aims to secure improvements in every area of the UK, with the gap between top performing and other areas closing. The session will consider what is already happening to engage people at the local level and what could further help achieve progress towards this mission.

13:15Welcome back from the chairCatriona Riddell, Vice Chair, TCPA13:20Panel: Pride in place – what does it mean and how do we achieve the mission?• Indy Johar, Executive Director, Dark Matter Labs• Jonathan Owen, National Association of Local Councils• Sarah Scannell, Assistant Director Planning, Birmingham City Council14:05Engaging communities in place-makingNicola Rochfort, Senior Community Engagement Manager, Grosvenor 14:20Q&A14:30Tea, coffee and networking

Session 3: Health and well-being

This third and final session of the day will draw on the two health and wellbeing missions, which seek to narrow the gap in healthy life expectancy and improve wellbeing in every area of the UK. It will consider the importance of place in achieving those aspirations and explore what is already being done, and what more needs to be done to secure improvements.

15:00Welcome from the ChairAndrew Pritchard, Chair, TCPA15:05Why places matter to healthProfessor Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England15:15Responses:• Trina Lynskey, Chair of Deptford Folk parks group • Lucy Carraz, Government Sector Lead – AECOM Buildings + Places, UK & Ireland• Lourdes Madigasekera-Elliott, Public Health Strategic Lead: Creating Healthy Places, Public Health East Sussex15:35Q&A15:55Closing remarks16:00Close

The TCPA is grateful to Peabody, Grosvenor and AECOM for their support of this event.

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Flood and Coastal Erosion: Understanding updates to the Planning Practice Guidance (November webinar)
2022-11-17 09:30 - 10:30
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.

Planning 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:

the 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.

This 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.

Updates 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.

This event is free to attend thanks to support from Flood Re.

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Agenda

9:30Welcome 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

NB this webinar will also run on 13 December at 11am, visit the TCPA website to book for this alternative date.

TCPA New Communities Group Webinar: Long-term stewardship in new communities - from vision to reality
2022-11-10 10:00 - 11:30 | Online – Zoom, United Kingdom
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.

This 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.

The 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).

Agenda

10:00: Welcome and introduction from the ChairCatriona Riddell, TCPA Vice Chair (confirmed)

10:05: Securing stewardship through planning – legal considerationsRichard Ford, Partner, Pinsent Masons LLP

10:15: Securing stewardship through planning – understanding levers and detailMark Patchett, Stewardship and Placemaking Consultant

10:25: Securing stewardship requirements in policy: The Plan:MKPhilip Bowsher, Head of Environment, The Parks Trust, Milton Keynes

10:35: Q&A

10:55: Planning for stewardship at Northstowe: Reflections from a stewardship providerRobin Waddle, Business Development Director, GreenBelt

11:05: TCPA toolkit on stewardship for new communitiesKaty Lock MRTPI, Director – Communities & Project Delivery (FJ Osborn Fellow), TCPA

11:15: Q&A

11:30: Close

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'Land of Promise: Rediscovering the Roots of a New Society,' at Hostry Festival, Norwich
2022-11-02 19:30 - 21:30 | Hostry Festival, Blake Studio, Norwich School, The Close, Norwich, NR1 4DD, United Kingdom
‘Tomorrow 125’ is a project exploring how the Garden City idea can help us construct a pathway to a hopeful future based on a fairer society. Through a three-year programme of collaborative projects, events and interventions, Tomorrow 125 will culminate in 2023 with the development of a roadmap of practical actions.

‘Land of Promise’ is a words and music presentation journeying through three and a half centuries of radical thought, writing, and song about the connection between art, social justice and the living environment. Through the words of radical thinkers and activists spanning William Morris and Edward Carpenter to Bruce Springsteen and Benjamin Zephaniah, Land of Promise explores that perpetual but urgent question at a time of global crises – ‘How are we going to live?’

As part of the ‘Tomorrow 125’ project, the TCPA is holding three performances of ‘Land of Promise’ over the autumn, in London, Norwich and Hull – to share learning from the past and present and gather insight from audiences to feed into the final outputs of the project – a framework for practical action in 2023.

The Hostry Festival is an annual cultural arts festival celebrating the arts and culture of Norfolk. This performance of Land of Promise at the festival is brought to you by the TCPA and musicians Chris Ellis and Rosie Toll with guest readers: Robin Watson, Rebecca Chapman, Paul Jackson and Clare Jackson.

The TCPA is grateful to the Lady Margaret Paterson Osborn Trust for supporting the Tomorrow: 125 project and this performance.

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'Land of Promise: Rediscovering the Roots of a New Society' at Conway Hall, London
2022-10-19 18:00 - 21:00 | Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL, United Kingdom
(6pm for networking and refreshments, 7pm performance start)

‘Tomorrow 125’ is a project exploring how the Garden City idea can help us construct a pathway to a hopeful future based on a fairer society. Through a three-year programme of collaborative projects, events and interventions, Tomorrow 125 will culminate in 2023 with the development of a roadmap of practical actions.

‘Land of Promise’ is a words and music presentation journeying through three and a half centuries of radical thought, writing, and song about the connection between art, social justice and the living environment. Through the words of radical thinkers and activists spanning William Morris and Edward Carpenter to Bruce Springsteen and Benjamin Zephaniah, Land of Promise explores that perpetual but urgent question at a time of global crises – ‘How are we going to live?’

As part of the ‘Tomorrow 125’ project, the TCPA is holding three performances of ‘Land of Promise’ over the autumn, in London, Norwich and Hull – to share learning from the past and present and gather insight from audiences to feed into the final outputs of the project – a framework for practical action in 2023.

The first of these performances is taking place at London’s Conway Hall. This special performance is brought to you by the TCPA and musicians Chris Ellis and Rosie Toll with a selection of guest artists and readers including Hugh Ellis, Katy Lock and Pam Warhurst. The event is free to attend but tickets are limited – book now to reserve your space!

The TCPA is grateful to the Lady Margaret Paterson Osborn Trust for supporting the Tomorrow: 125 project and this performance.

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An introduction to planning reform for elected councillors
2022-10-06 10:00 - 11:30 | Online – Zoom, United Kingdom
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.

The 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.

Agenda﻿10:00Welcome 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

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Implementing design codes in new communities
2022-09-28 10:00 - 11:30 | Online – Zoom, United Kingdom
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.

Part 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.

Agenda10:00 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

This is part of the TCPA New Communities Group programme of events. The TCPA are grateful to Redrow for their support.

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In-person seminar: Creating town centres in new communities
2022-07-05 12:30 - 15:15 | TCPA, TCPA, 17 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AS, United Kingdom
This event will be held at the Town & Country Planning Association, 17 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AS

Thriving town centres should be places where people can work, shop, eat, drink and play. Too often in new developments, housing comes first, and town centres are left until later or deemed too difficult to deliver. However, their creation and evolution should be viewed a priority which creates a vibrant heart for the new place.

Successful delivery of town centres in new communities requires early alignment of infrastructure investment, programming, and public engagement. It means maximising opportunities for ‘meanwhile uses’ – temporary, flexible and interchangeable uses of empty property and land – throughout the development process, which may take up to 30 years.

Design of community buildings should be sufficiently flexible to allow for adaptation to meet different needs and to provide a range of opportunities for income generation as part of a wider stewardship strategy.

Getting this alignment right remains a challenge for those delivering new communities. What can we learn from those delivering new communities right now? What transferable lessons are there from the regeneration of our existing town centres?

This seminar will hear from those who are delivering town centres in new communities from both the private and public sector, as well as from those who have delivered them in the past, and will allow plenty of time for discussion and networking.

Programme12:30Registration and networking A light lunch will be available 13:00Welcome and introduction from the Chair Jackie Sadek, Director, Urban Strategy 13:10What is the future for new local and district centres?James Scott, Group Director of Strategy and Planning, Urban & Civic13:25What are data trusts and why do they matter for successful town centre design and management? Richard Ford, Partner at Pinsent Masons13:40 Q&A 14:00Tea and coffee 14:20Case study 1: Whitehill & Bordon – re-imagining the town centre Clare Chester, Head of Regeneration, Economy & Assets, East Hampshire District Council14:35Case study 2: Homes England and new neighbourhood centres in the MidlandsSarah Taylor, Head of Planning and Enabling – Central and Guy Scott, Project Director, Homes England 14:50Q&A15:10Conclusion from the Chair15:15Close

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This event is free to New Communities Group members – check if your local authority is a member here.

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Online workshop – using evidence to plan for flood risk
2022-07-05 10:00 - 11:00 | Online – Zoom, United Kingdom
Local planning authorities must digest advice and information on flood risk during local plan preparation and when determining planning applications. This workshop will outline the role of Strategic Flood Risk Assessments and will discuss how to use and value technical advice from Lead Local Flood Authorities.

Agenda﻿10:00Welcome and introduction to using evidence to plan for flood riskHugh Ellis, Director of Policy, TCPA10:05Expectations of high-quality Strategic Flood Risk Assessments Sandrine Thomas, Advisor on Spatial Planning and Flood Risk, Environment Agency10:20Evidence of insurance availability and affordabilityAnne Chataigne, Transition Policy and Impact Manager, Flood Re10:30Preparing a Strategic Flood Risk AssessmentHelen Miller, Principal Planner, Leeds City Council10:45Q&A11:00End

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Online workshop - managing surface water through planning
2022-06-28 14:30 - 16:00 | Online – Zoom, United Kingdom
Over three million properties in England are at risk of surface water flooding, and this number will grow as climate change causes more heavy rainfall. This online workshop will explore in detail the growing issue of surface water flooding, the impact that the outcome of planning decisions can have on this risk and the solutions that can be delivered through the planning system.

Agenda14:30Welcome and introduction to managing surface water through planningHugh Ellis, Director of Policy, TCPA14:35Roles and responsibilities for surface water flood riskSam Kipling, Environment Agency14:45Insurance sector response to surface water floodingKatherine Greig, Head of Transition, Flood Re14:55Q&A15:05Effective local authority action to manage surface waterAssociation of SuDs Authorities (invited)15:15Technical solutions to reduce surface water floodingGreenBlue Urban (invited)15:30Lessons from Wales – delivering sustainable drainage systemsIan Titherington, Lead Officer – drainage, Cardiff Council15:45Q&A16:00End

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Tickets for this event are highly subsidised thanks to support from Flood Re.

20-Minute Neighbourhoods: Webinar Three
2022-06-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Online – Zoom, United Kingdom
The vital role of data in creating complete, compact and connected places

In 2021 the TCPA published 20-Minute Neighbourhoods, Creating Healthier, Active, Prosperous Communities: An Introduction for Council Planners in England. The guide made it clear that one of the first things that should be done when introducing 20-minute neighbourhoods is to gather data to inform the process and provide a baseline for later evaluation.

This webinar – the latest in a series of TCPA webinars about 20-minute neighbourhoods – will explore ways to gather baseline data to shape, inform, achieve, and evaluate the implementation of 20-Minute Neighbourhoods in England.

The webinar will include an overview of available data sources and tools, as well as presentations from two local authority areas progressing the principles of 20-minute neighbourhoods in their areas. The webinar will also include an update on development of a national tool to successfully engage with communities to deliver healthier places.

Agenda10:00 WelcomeAranvir Singh Gawera, Trustee, TCPA and Programme Officer, Belfast Healthy Cities10:10 TCPA 20-Minute Neighbourhood Guide and why data is so importantGemma Hyde, Project and Policy Officer, TCPA 10:25 Developing ‘Healthy Living Zones’Andy Lindop, Principal Planning Officer, Birmingham City Council10:45 Complete Communities – an example from Rochford and Southend-on-SeaJon Herbert, Director, Troy Planning & Design 11:05 Break (10 mins) 11:15 Welcome back Aranvir Singh Gawera, Chair11:20 Healthy Places Framework Andrew Netherton, Healthy Places Programme Manager,Office for Health Improvement and Disparities11:40 Q&A Chaired by Aranvir Singh Gawera12:00 Close

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An introduction to planning reform for elected councillors
2022-06-15 10:00 - 11:30 | Online – Zoom, United Kingdom
Chaired by Anna Rose, TCPA Trustee and Head of the Planning Advisory Service and facilitated by Hugh Ellis, TCPA 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.

The webinar is essential for newly elected councillors or those recently elected to planning committees, as well as others new to the planning system – developers, consultants, business leaders, council officers, community groups, architects, designers and students.

Agenda10:00Welcome and introduction from the Chair Anna Rose, TCPA Trustee 10:10 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

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Planning for the climate emergency
2022-05-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Online – Zoom, United Kingdom
Launch of new resource on the role of planning in flood and coastal resilience

This free event will launch the new video resource produced by the Environment Agency and Town & Country Planning Association which breaks down and explains the role of Town & Country Planning in flood and coastal resilience.

Flooding is among the most serious impacts of climate change. It has devastating and long-lasting impacts on people and their communities, as well as major impacts on our economy. If existing development trends continue in line with projects population growth, we expect to see a near doubling of properties in the floodplain in the next 50 years.

The new film outlines the steps that can be taken through Town & Country planning to enable sustainable and climate resilient development. It is aimed at local planning authority officers and elected members in England, as well as planning school students and anyone else with an interest in planning for flood risk.

Agenda12:00Welcome from the ChairFiona Howie, Chief Executive, Town & Country Planning Association12:05Introduction to the projectJulie Foley, Director of Flood Risk Strategy and National Adaptation, Environment Agency12:15‘Planning for the climate emergency’ video screening12:25ResponsesAdam Gardiner, Committee on Climate ChangeJoanna Averley, Chief Planner, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and CommunitiesHannah Bartram, Chief Executive Officer, ADEPT13:00End

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Rising to the climate change challenge? - the essential role of local authorities
2022-05-24 10:30 - 12:00 | Online via Microsoft Teams
TCPA-APSE research 2022 – online launch

APSE and TCPA are hosting the launch of the their eighth joint-publication on research into housing and place-making. Over the years, this series has charted the housing crisis and provided recommendations to local and national government on how to create high-quality places and homes, based on original survey data, case studies, and expert interviews.

This year’s report looks at the role of local authorities in relation to planning, housing and climate change. It highlights important work already being undertaken by local authorities and hopes to inspire further action from local authorities. However, as the Net Zero Strategy recognises, significant barriers remain. This report seeks, therefore, to better understand some of those barriers and makes recommendations about how they could be overcome.

The report includes the results of a UK-wide local authority survey, as well as case studies of successful initiatives. As well as drawing on the analysis of that survey, during the session we will discuss the key barriers councils face, and hear the views of expert panellists.

Agenda10:30Welcome from the ChairMo Baines, APSE, Deputy Chief Executive10:35Introduction to the publicationPaul O’Brien, Chief Executive, APSE10:45Research findings and recommendationsFiona Howie, Chief Executive, TCPA 11:05The Swansea Standard – direct delivery of energy efficient homesCllr Andrea Lewis, Joint Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Service Transformation; Chris Cutforth, Building Services, Swansea Council11:20Response to reportCllr David Simmonds CBE MP, Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Housing and Planning11:30Audience Q&A session with panel12:00End

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