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Young Planners Conference programme Celebrating Planning

Jesson MRTPI, Associate Town Planner, Planning & Design

1 Young Planners Conference programme Celebrating Planning for the Greater Good 2-3 November 2018, The Albert Hall, Nottingham Thursday 1 November pm Welcome drinks at Das Kino Friday 2 November am 9.30am Registration and refreshments Opening remarks Chris Jesson MRTPI, Associate Town Planner, Planning & Design Group and Chair, RTPI East Midlands Young Planners 9.40am Headline sponsor address 9.45am RTPI presidential address John Acres MRTPI, President, RTPI

2 9.55am What is meant by the value of planning for the greater good and how can we outreach this to a wider audience? This insight will include references to what the government and RTPI is intending to do to enliven the value of planning, including an example in the devolved nations am Dr Roisin Willmott OBE FRTPI, RTPI Director, Wales and Northern Ireland Steve Quartermain MRTPI, Chief Planner of England, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Chair: Paul Seddon MRTPI, Director of Planning & Regeneration, Nottingham City Council Plenary session one How does planning influence the three strands of sustainability? Socio, economic and environmental A thought provoking session introducing various perspectives on what contributory role planning has on our commitment to ensuring that better lives for ourselves don t mean worse lives for future generations. Charlotte Morphet MRTPI, Principal Policy Planner, London Borough of Waltham Forest and Co-founder, Women in Planning Steve Kemp MRTPI, Executive Director, Open Plan Eleanor Gingell MRTPI, Principal Planning Officer, South Northamptonshire and Cherwell Council Chair: Peter Wilkinson MRTPI, Managing Director, Landmark Planning 11.20am 11.40am Refreshments and networking Plenary session two What should a 21st Century Green Belt look like? This debate will focus on the prevalent subject of whether the Green Belt should be reviewed further at a political level to resolve our housing needs. Or does the current brownfield first formula work as it should? Andrew Whitaker MRTPI, Planning Director, Home Builders Federation Rebecca Pullinger, Planning Campaigner, Campaign to Protect Rural England Paul Wakefield LARTPI, Associate Partner, Shakespeare Martineau Prof Alasdair Rae, Professorial Fellow, University of Sheffield Chair: Paul Collins, Senior Lecturer, Nottingham Trent University

bolstered requirements when considering the impacts of development upon ancient woodland and aged/veteran trees.

3 12.40pm Lunch and networking 2.00pm Crash courses choose one of your choice Crash course one: The new NPPF and what this means for ancient woodland Introducing new guidance, this crash course will introduce delegates with the bolstered requirements when considering the impacts of development upon ancient woodland and aged/veteran trees. Victoria Bankes-Price MRTPI, Planning Advisor, Woodland Trust Crash course two: Beginners guide to Viability (in accordance with RTPI Learn) This bitesize module will give you an initial introduction to the arithmetic of viability appraisal, essential to the current planning context. Craig Straw, Director, Innes England Crash course three: Urban Design The workshop will get the pens and paper out to look at opportunities and constraints within a site. Paul Smith, Executive Director - Design, Pegasus Group Crash course four: Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) The workshop considers what you need to bear in mind, whether you are a planning consultant or officer, when factoring CIL liabilities and development. Includes a mock development scenario. Gilian Macinnes MRTPI, Director, Gilian Macinnes Associates

Crash course five: Coordinating development on a strategic scale: Site Assembly, Promotion and Disposal This crash course should prepare planners for the process of what has to be undertaken to bring

4 Crash course five: Coordinating development on a strategic scale: Site Assembly, Promotion and Disposal This crash course should prepare planners for the process of what has to be undertaken to bring forward strategic development. Ben Marshalsay, Partner, Fisher German Ross Jackson, Development Surveyor, Fisher German Crash course six: Introduction to skills necessary in public inquiries This crash course will introduce delegates on how to be adept to this fast paced, detailed and yet highly important aspect of the planning process. Stephanie Hall, Barrister, Francis Taylor Building Andrew Fraser Urquhart QC, Barrister, Francis Taylor Building 3.00pm Refreshments and networking 3.25pm Planning Law Update This session will be hosted by some of the country s leading planning lawyers on a role play basis, using recent examples of particular case law. Yaaser Vanderman, Barrister, Landmark Chambers Leanne Buckley-Thomson, Barrister, No5 Chambers James Corbet Burcher, Barrister, No5 Chambers 4.25pm Young Professionals Commonwealth Manifesto Delegates will learn the outcomes of the CAP 2018 Youth Manifesto Powering Our Future: Promoting urbanism in the Commonwealth. Viral Desai MRTPI, Senior Planning Consultant, Atkins

4.35pm Headline sponsor remarks 4.40pm Conference close 6.30pm 6.30pm 6.45pm 7.

Maid Marian Way Coaches depart for Blotts Country Club Drinks reception Gala

service (including a special drinks menu) and a spectacular array of evening

5 4.35pm Headline sponsor remarks 4.40pm Conference close 6.30pm 6.30pm 6.45pm 7.00pm Gala dinner at Blotts Country Club All delegates to meet at the coaches near Maid Marian Way Coaches depart for Blotts Country Club Drinks reception Gala dinner This includes a drinks reception, three course meal with drinks, full bar service (including a special drinks menu) and a spectacular array of evening entertainment am Coach departs back to town centre An after party will be hosted at Das Kino

Saturday 3 November 2018 9.30am 10.00am 10.05am Breakfast and networking A selection of pastries will be available for breakfast.

6 Saturday 3 November am 10.00am 10.05am Breakfast and networking A selection of pastries will be available for breakfast. Day 2 opening remarks Chris Jesson MRTPI, Associate Town Planner, Planning & Design Group and Chair, RTPI East Midlands Young Planners Headline sponsor remarks 10.10am Crash courses choose one of your choice Crash course one: Smart Cities (in accordance with RTPI Learn) Beneficial for both private and public sector planners, this session will introduce you to the key concepts and drivers behind smart cities and the digitisation of planning. James Harris, Policy and Networks Manager, RTPI Grace Manning-Marsh, Product Manager, Land Insight Crash course two: Rural Planning and National Parks The rural economy was documented to represent nearly 20% of overall GDP in the UK. As such, meeting productivity expectations and rural affordable housing needs are just two of the key processes to be brought to the planning sphere in recent years. This workshop will define opportunities in rural areas and National Parks including award winning examples in the East Midlands. John Scott MRTPI, Director of Planning and Conservation, Peak District National Park and Chair, RTPI East Midlands RMB Crash course three: Social Media and Planning Exploring the powerful and sometimes controversial role of social media and technology, we learn of how the planning process is adapting itself to use more modern and innovative ways of engagement, hopefully for the benefit of all. Will Savage, Head of Birmingham, Snapdragon Consulting

7 Crash course four: Five Year Housing Supply and Calculating Housing Needs This workshop will prepare delegates for understanding the singular method of calculating housing needs and the differing methods of working out a figure of housing land supply. Essential for both public and private sector professionals. Robert Love, Senior Planner, Bidwells Roland Bolton MRTPI, Senior Director, DLP Consultants Crash course five: APC Workshop Ran by the RTPI, this workshop will run through the assessment process for current licentiates and mentors, including those who wish to submit their application and the process of mentoring. Helpful to all candidates currently completing their submission. Stephen Mattin, Membership Manager, RTPI Heather Claridge MRTPI, Principle Officer, Glasgow City Council and RTPI APC Assessor Crash course six: Planning for an Ageing Population We ask young planners, as the inspiration for the future, how they would like to plan for the social, economic and environmental needs of an ageing population. A stimulating debate ending with delegates conceiving their 5 point plan of what they would do to if they had the powers. Lucy Seymour-Bowdery MRTPI, Senior Planning Officer, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 11.10am 11.30am Refreshments and networking Reflection what does good planning mean to you? The conference will hear from a broad spectrum of people on what makes planning important to them. Jenny Adams MRTPI, Senior Planner, Arup Sarah Clark MRTPI, Senior Town Planner, Planning & Design Group Kathryn Young MRTPI, Associate Director, Turley Chair: Heather Claridge MRTPI, Principal Officer, Glasgow City Council and RTPI s Young Planner of the Year pm Closing remarks Victoria Hills MRTPI FICE, Chief Executive, RTPI

1.00pm 1.15pm - 1.45pm Lunch and networking Study tours to start departing Start times will depend on the destination of the study tours.

Study tour one - Walking the Heritage of Nottingham s Distinct City Centre Quarters This walking tour will put heritage planning on the map, taking delegates through all of the key projects,

8 1.00pm 1.15pm pm Lunch and networking Study tours to start departing Start times will depend on the destination of the study tours. Packed lunches will be provided to those travelling further afield, to have on the coach. The longest tour will run circa 5.30pm and those on a coach will be brought back to the venue. Study tour one - Walking the Heritage of Nottingham s Distinct City Centre Quarters This walking tour will put heritage planning on the map, taking delegates through all of the key projects, buildings and spaces of the Nottingham Heritage Strategy, produced in partnership between LOCUS Consulting and Nottingham City Council. The Strategy won an RTPI East Midlands Award for Planning Excellence in Alice Ullathorne, Heritage Strategy Officer, Nottingham City Council Adam Partington, Director, LOCUS Consulting Study tour two - HS2 Tram Tour and Strategic Rail Freight Gateway This tour takes delegates on the latest extension of Nottingham s tram network to Toton South, the proposed location of the new HS2 station and planned growth in the East Midlands. This tour will explain how HS2 will create both direct and indirect impacts upon the region, and will also brief delegates on the emerging Strategic Rail Freight Gateway near East Midlands Airport. Andrew Pritchard MRTPI, Director of Policy and Infrastructure, East Midlands Councils Steffan Saunders, Head of Neighbourhood and Prosperity, Broxtowe Borough Council

9 Study tour three Trent Basin Trent Basin is a catalytic regeneration project which sits at the centre of Nottingham s Waterside regeneration area. The development has been 20 years in the making and the first phase of homes and apartments is now complete, paving the way for new and exciting developments on the historic Waterfront. It is also the home of Europe s largest community energy battery. The battery is part of a wider project, funded by Innovate UK, which is aiming to develop a business model for community scale energy production. Ashley Walters, Development Manager, igloo Study tour four - Leicester City Cultural Walking Tour As one of our core cities in the region, Leicester has a significant cultural and heritage offer. Led by officers at the City Council, this tour will take you through the acclaimed sites that have broadened the city s horizon in recent years, passing by the Richard III Visitor Centre, Greyfriars project, among others. Justin Webber, Senior Building Conservation Officer, Leicester City Council Study tour five Ellis Meadows Ellis Meadows is an award winning flood defence scheme. It is part of a long line of interventions using green infrastructure, rather than traditional civil engineering, as a way of managing flood risks. The scheme not only reduces flood risk but also provides positive multifunctional green space close to areas of deprivation at Belgrave, east of the River Soar improving local amenities and biodiversity. Chryse Tinsley, Landscape Planner, Leicester City Council

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