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SUMMARY:New Communities Group Annual Study Tour to Bristol and Bath 
DESCRIPTION: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.  \n\n\n\nThis 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 variety of models towards thriving future communities. Participants will hear about emerging strategic growth proposals in the region\, coordination with the Mayoral Combined Authority\, and how infrastructure is being forward funded to support growth. \n\n\n\nMonday 29 June  \n\n\n\nPlease book trains to arrive by 10:30 at Bristol Temple Meads Station \n\n\n\n10:30Arrivals at Bristol Temple Meads Station\, meet at Sandwi cafe 11:45 Presentation about Brabazon at the Hangar community centre 12:45 Lunch at the Hangar community centre13:45 Walking tour of Brabazon 15:15 Walking tours of Beaufort Park\, Cribbs Triangle and Berwick Green 18:00 Check-ins at Travelodge\, Bath Waterside19:00 Dinner at The Huntsman\, Bath \n\n\n\nFilton Airfield\, Brabazon – YTL – 6\,500 homes: Brabazon has been proposed by Government as a prospective New Town. It comprises a group of sites across an arc\, with a high-density core on the former Filton Airfield as the earliest phase of delivery. This received outline planning consent in 2024. We will be visiting Filton Airfield where 450 homes are complete and a new station and stadium are planned\, together with South Gloucestershire Council and YTL\, as well as adjacent smaller housing sites including Beaufort Park (562 homes built by Persimmon)\, Cribbs Triangle (97 homes built by Vistry)\, and Berwick Green (244 homes built by Taylor Wimpey).  \n\n\n\nTuesday 30 June  \n\n\n\nTime start Activity 8:30 Breakfast 10:15 Walking tour of Ensleigh 12:15 Lunch at St Andrews Hall 13:00 Panel discussion about Mulberry Park Curo\, HTA and Bath and North East Somerset Council 14:00 Walking Tour of Mulberry Park 15:15 Networking drinks with Women in Planning South West 16:0017:00 Departures from Bath Spa Station(later station dropoff for those staying for networking drinks) \n\n\n\nPlease book trains to depart from Bath Spa Station at 16:00\, or 17:00 if you would like to stay for networking drinks with Women in Planning South West \n\n\n\nEnsleigh\, Bath – Linden Homes – 247 homes: This completed new community is to the north of Bath\, on the site of a former MoD base and the plateau of Lansdown Hill. Alongside homes\, we will see its green avenues\, play spaces\, shop\, new primary school and elderly accommodation.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nMulberry Park – Curo Group – 700 homes: Mulberry Park is a development within the village of Combe Down on the southern fringes of Bath\, developed by the housing association Curo. The project focuses on bringing town centre density to suburban Bath for greater sustainability\, and was shortlisted for the Housing Design Awards. Its central avenue includes a community centre\, cafe and school which open onto a public square. Quieter streets beyond the avenue are designed to create active playable spaces. It is nearing its completion.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWho is the tour for?  \n\n\n\nThis study tour is aimed at planners\, councillors\, policy makers\, developers\, housebuilders\, consultants\, urban designers\, academics\, architects – and anyone else who wants to gain valuable insight on the planning of large-scale new towns and new communities.      \n\n\n\nTravel\, arrivals and departures  \n\n\n\nWe will be travelling by private coach. Please note that drop-off will be to a different station than pickup. However\, an open return ticket to Bristol Temple Meads that passes through Bath Spa may be booked. (Trains from Bath Spa to Bristol Temple Meads are frequent and take 20 minutes.)  \n\n\n\nAccommodation  \n\n\n\nThe Travelodge Bath Waterside/Riverside is a centrally located hotel in Widcombe Basin\, roughly 15 minutes walk from the Centre of Bath. Basic\, modern rooms equipped with king-size beds\, flat-screen TVs\, and tea/coffee making facilities.  \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions please email Jack.Boreham@tcpa.org.uk  \n\n\n\nImportant: A range of payment options is available for this event\, including payment by invoice. \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\n\n\nAnnual TCPA memberships are £62 for standard\, £36 for concessions and £16 for students\, click here to find out more Check to see if you are part of a New Communities Group (NCG) or TCPA member organisation
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/new-communities-group-annual-study-tour-to-bristol-and-bath/
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SUMMARY:Systems approaches for healthy\, active places
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Space and Place Architects Ltd / Exeter City Council \n\n\n\n\n\nFree webinar \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nCreating 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; understanding how decisions connect; identifying points of influence; and creating the conditions for health and activity to be embedded across place-shaping work. \n\n\n\nThis webinar will explore how systems approaches can support healthier\, more active places\, with practical learning from two case studies. \n\n\n\nAmber Nyoni\, Essex County Council and Sem Lee\, OURI Labs\, will share work on developing the Greater Essex Planning and Health Protocol\, using a systems workshop to strengthen collaboration between planning and health. The approach helped participants build a more holistic understanding of cross-departmental initiatives and shape the principles and values guiding future joint working. \n\n\n\nJames Bogue\, Exeter City Council\, will present work through the Council’s Sport England Place Partnership expansion programme\, exploring how a focus on active environments can support healthier\, more active places. The case study will consider how work in Exeter is bringing together organisational practice and community voice with planning\, green and blue infrastructure\, sports and leisure facilities\, sustainability and active travel\, to make physical activity easier\, more accessible and more embedded in everyday life. \n\n\n\nThe session will be useful for anyone interested in how systems thinking can help move from shared ambition to more joined-up action on healthy\, active places.
URL:https://www.tcpa.org.uk/event/systems-approaches-for-healthy-active-places/
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