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Events
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Delivering employment and commercial uses in new communities
Delivering employment and commercial uses is often one of the most challenging aspects of good placemaking in new communities. Thriving local businesses can help build the crucial social infrastructure that residents need, supporting active travel and developing a sense of place and identity. Providing town centre activity up front poses significant cashflow and viability challenges, while shifting trends in retail and working patterns have also impacted on investment in new business space. With this…
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TCPA Summer Conference: Strategic planning for inclusive growth
Pinsent Masons, 30 Crown Pl, Earl St, London EC2A 4ES Important: ticket sales close 10 June 2026 As England embarks on a transformative period of strategic spatial planning through Spatial Development Strategies (SDSs), the TCPA's summer conference will bring together those working at the coalface who are beginning to develop strategic plans for their areas.…
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New Communities Group Annual Study Tour to Bristol and Bath
Continuing the success of the TCPA New Communities Group‘s study tours, our 2026 tour will visit the proposed New Town of Brabazon, Bristol, alongside large urban extensions around Bristol and Bath. This tour is in collaboration with South Gloucestershire Council, Bath and North East Somerset Council and Women in Planning South West. This trip will highlight practical examples of successful placemaking, demonstrate integrated infrastructure, and offer a…
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Systems approaches for healthy, active places
Photo credit: Space and Place Architects Ltd / Exeter City Council Free webinar Creating healthy, active places depends on more than good policy or individual projects. It requires people, teams and organisations to work differently across systems, professional roles, cultures and practices. This is the hard and soft work of ‘joining the dots’: building relationships;…
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The Climate Resilient New Town: A Vision
Free webinar Join the TCPA as we launch our vision for a Climate Resilient New Town. Following on from our 21st Century New Towns vision published last year, we asked the question, what would a new town look like if it was designed with climate resilience at its heart? As the government prepares to launch a programme to deliver a new generation…
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TCPA Autumn Training programme – Planning update and the new NPPF
Session purpose: The Government’s new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was published on August 17th setting the direction of a whole new generation of local and strategic plans. There are also a wide range of other changes to national policy which continue to be implemented. This training session will give attendees an in depth understanding…
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The planning system: The UK’s greatest adaptation opportunity?
Online Conference The TCPA has partnered with the MACC Hub (Maximising UK Adaptation to Climate Change (MACC) Hub) for an online conference that will bring together policy experts from across the UK to explore how climate adaptation can integrated at the centre of the planning process. This event is aimed at local authority planning officers, central…
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Guidance Launch: Finance and Delivery Vehicles for New Communities
The TCPA is relaunching its updated suite of practical guidance for delivering new Garden Cities – large scale developments that align with the TCPA’s Garden City Principles. This practical Guide is for local authority officers and elected members considering whether to promote a new town, large-scale urban extension or other new Garden City, and seeking…
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TCPA Autumn Training programme – Healthy placemaking and the NPPF
Session purpose: The Government’s new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was published on August 17th 2026 setting the direction of a whole new generation of local and strategic plans. This training session will give attendees an understanding of the new NPPF and how it addresses healthy placemaking, the promotion of good health and reducing health…
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TCPA Autumn Training programme – Planning Reform Update and Training for Local Councillors
Session purpose: The updated National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and new National Scheme of Delegation represents a significant change to the way local plans and planning decisions will be made in England. It has the potential to limit the democratic oversight of local decisions. The training will give a general introduction to planning and provide…
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TCPA Autumn Training programme – Climate Adaptation Policy and the NPPF
Session purpose: The new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), published in August 2026, creates a new framework for a whole generation of local and strategic plans. The new NPPF contains strengthened policy levers for addressing climate resilience, including an important increase in the scope of adaptation measures that should be considered in plan making and…
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TCPA Annual Conference 2026 – Planning: A Matter of Life and Death
Regent's University London, Inner Circle, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4NS Planning increasingly determines our resilience in the face of climate change and its impacts on our health. The new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets the direction of a whole new generation of local and strategic plans. Key changes in the publication draft provide hooks…