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  • TCPA Training Session: An introduction to planning and planning reform

    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.  The webinar is essential for anyone who is keen to get a better understanding of…

    £30.00 – £54.00

  • New Towns for Today and Tomorrow – a conference of the APPG on New Towns

    The Torrance Hotel 135 Main Street, East Kilbride, Glasgow, United Kingdom

    The 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. They represent some of the fastest…

    Free

  • The TCPA Annual Conference 2023: Tackling the climate crisis – maximising the potential of planning and placemaking

    Regents University, London Regents University, London

    Regents University, London Extreme climate events and record-breaking temperatures throughout 2023 bring to life the devastating consequences to communities and the environment of a changing climate. These risks no longer represent distant and future challenges, but the climate conditions we now live with, and must be prioritised today. This conference will: We are grateful for…

    £90.00

  • TCPA Training Session: The Levelling-up and Regeneration Act

    The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. The Act (LURA) will have a significant impact on planning, development and housing and is a radical departure from the existing system. This TCPA training session will look to unpack the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act (LURA), addressing what it may mean in…

    £30.00 – £54.00

  • Neighbourhood planning and 20-minute neighbourhoods webinar

    Online - via Zoom

    Neighbourhood 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. In collaboration with Locality, this webinar will explore neighbourhood planning and then introduce the TCPA Neighbourhood Planning and 20-Minute Neighbourhoods Toolkit.

    Free

  • Net zero buildings policies and the new Written Ministerial Statement on local energy efficiency standards (online)

    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.   The TCPA, alongside other industry leaders and…

    Free

  • New Communities Group Webinar: development management: consenting new large-scale developments  

    When planning large-scale new communities a lot of effort goes into the visioning and masterplan, but it is essential to focus on the entire journey from concept through to delivery, to ensure new communities are high quality, resilient and well-connected. How can local authorities make sure they are able to cope with large-scale, multi-stage applications…

    £54.00

  • Healthy ageing in place

    Online - via Zoom

    The 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 take action, 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 to support healthy ageing.

    Free

  • TCPA New Communities Group Webinar:  Viability and finance for large-scale new communities 

    Viability and funding are crucial issues for those planning and delivering large-scale new communities. How can high quality development be maintained, but also be viable? This webinar will explore the latest sources of funding and investigate complex viability processes. We will hear from experts in the field as well case studies of how local authorities have…

    Free – £54.00

  • Homes and neighbourhoods for children and young people

    Online - via Zoom

    Where 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.

    Free

  • New Communities Group Webinar: Governance and Stewardship in Large Scale Developments (2 part series)

    Long-term stewardship is an approach to delivering and managing places that can ensure new communities are places which enable people and the environment to flourish, in perpetuity. It is one of the core Garden City Principles and the right approach provides an opportunity to create places which people will be proud to live in for…

    £54.00

  • Developing well – creating places and spaces where children and young people thrive (in-person)

    The Priory Rooms Meeting and Conference Centre 40 Bull Street Birmingham, Birmingham

    The TCPA will be hosting a FREE in-person conference in Birmingham on June 18 2024. Where people live affects their ability to live healthy and long lives. For children and young people who are rapidly developing physically, emotionally and socially, their environments can have profound impacts on their lives and opportunities as they grow up…

    Free

  • TCPA Study Tour 2024: Cornwall

    We are excited to announce the return of the TCPA study tours! In 2024 we will be running a two-day tour to explore sustainable and large-scale new developments in Cornwall.  Running from Thursday 11th to Friday 12th July, the tour will start at St Austell taking in sites at various stages of planning and delivery…

    £180.00 – £470.00

  • TCPA x PPR Belfast: Take Back the City Reception (in-person/London)

    The Building Centre, 26 Store Street, London WC1E 7BT  26 Store Street, London, United Kingdom

    Venue: The Building Centre, 26 Store Street, London WC1E 7BT  We would like to invite you to explore one of Europe’s most ambitious community-led housing projects at The TCPA x…

    Free

  • Planning for healthy places: a practical guide for local authorities on embedding health in Local Plans from TRUUD and the TCPA

    The places in which people live have a profound influence over the opportunities they have and the choices they can make – and planning shapes those places. Whether people have good homes, easy access to parks and green spaces, pleasant and safe routes for walking and cycling, local jobs, shops, schools, and other vital infrastructure,…

    Free

  • TCPA x Incredible Edible Leeds: Harvest Supper (in-person FREE event)

    The Carriageworks Theatre Leeds, United Kingdom

    Please join us for the TCPA’s FREE Harvest Supper event, hosted in collaboration with Incredible Edible Leeds, an evening of delightful local food and inspiring guest speakers, all celebrating the launch of the TCPA’s latest resource: Practical Hope: Inspiration for Community Action. Everyone should be able to live a healthy and fulfilling life. But how…

    Free

  • Practical Hope: Inspiration for Community Action – Launch Event (Zoom)

    The TCPA’s work, especially our Tomorrow 125 project and Garden City principles, outlines the ingredients needed for thriving places and communities. How do we put these principles into practice and make real change happen on the ground?   This webinar will launch the TCPA’s new resource, Practical Hope: Inspiration for Community Action, which seeks to showcase and…

    Free

  • TCPA Webinar – Planning Reform Update

    Join us to delve into the latest updates on planning reform following the recently updated National Planning Policy Framework and the forthcoming Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Michael Bingham OBE, Deputy…

    £54.00

  • Infrastructure Delivery for New Communities

    This webinar responds to a high demand for guidance on successful infrastructure delivery in new developments. The session will cover practical case studies and actionable steps, covering:  Part of our…

    £54.00

  • Design Codes for New Communities

    This webinar will explore the practical realities of Design Coding in new housing developments. From the perspectives of policy-researcher, designer, planner and local authority, we will consider:  Part of our…

    £54.00

  • Introduction to Coastal Planning (for planners)

    This webinar is aimed at planners in coastal authorities to hear and learn about coastal change and management. This will include information on Shoreline Management Plans (SMPs) and the new National Coastal Erosion Risk Map (NCERM).   It will cover: Register here The coastal planning webinars programme: WebinarDateTitleWho is it for?1Tuesday 20 May, 1pm –…

  • Introduction to Coastal Planning (for elected members)

    This webinar is aimed at Elected Members in coastal authorities to hear and learn about coastal change and management.  This will include information on Shoreline Management Plans (SMPs) and the new National Coastal Erosion Risk Map (NCERM).  It will cover: Register here The coastal planning webinars programme: WebinarDateTitleWho is it for?1Tuesday 20 May, 1pm –…

  • Empowering young people for a greener future – youth engagement transforming Grosvenor Square

    Teenagers and young people have lots of knowledge about their neighbourhoods and spaces, but too often no-one asks them what they think. Designed 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…

    Free