NCG Webinar: Opportunities for a new approach to housing delivery – a briefing from TCPA
The need for more homes is never far from the political agenda and will continue to be an important theme in the run up to the General Election. The Labour…
Neighbourhood planning and 20-minute neighbourhoods webinar
Online - via ZoomNeighbourhood 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.
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…
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,…
Healthy ageing in place
Online - via ZoomThe 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.
TCPA Spring Conference 2024: Creating healthy new towns: past, present – and future? (Zoom)
Planning and the built environment have a key role to play in the determinants of health and health inequalities. Starting with a look back to the post war New Towns, the…
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…
Homes and neighbourhoods for children and young people
Online - via ZoomWhere 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.
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…
New Communities Group Webinar: Income streams for stewardship (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…
Webinar: Net zero buildings, local plan policies and the 13 December WMS
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…
TCPA online briefing: Towards a shared vision for planning reform?
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…
