In line with Government rules, and to ensure the safety of our members and supporters,
Planning Futures has suspended all face to face events for the time being.
Currently, all of our events are hosted online, via zoom. Please continue to monitor this page for further updates.
Upcoming Events
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Thu14Oct20218.30am - 10.00amJohn Tudor Room, Central Hall, Westminster, SW1H 9NH
Planning in Practice: Making best use of permitted development rights
Hannah David (Chair) - Planning Futures; Richard Henley - hgh Consulting; Piers Riley-Smith - Kings Chambers; LPA panellist (tbc)
Over the course of the past 10 years, Permitted Development (PD) rights have come to play an ever more significant role within the planning system. These rights, often regarded as controversial, are intended to speed up the planning process for low-impact developments. However, with the need for prior approval on many schemes, and the evolving nature of the PD regime itself, there are a number of complex issues that planners and developers must face in bringing development forward under PD.
Following recent changes to the Permitted Rights Development Order, this event, the latest in our CPD series, will explore a series of issues facing practitioners seeking to make best use of PD.
It will consider:
- Issues to consider when preparing an application for prior approval for development within the curtilage of a dwelling house.
- Prior approval for change of use.
- The evolving policy environment for PD, and the strategic use of an Article 4 Direction by Local Authorities.
This panel will feature experts in planning practice, planning law and local government planning policy and is suitable for all built environment stakeholders who wish to improve their knowledge of the PD regime.
Please e mail for details or to register (there is also a hybrid option for attendance).
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Thu28Oct20212.00pm - 3.00pm Zoom (Online only)
The Environment Bill: What Next? A Briefing from Rebecca Pow MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rebecca Pow MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
As work continues on the Government’s flagship Environment Bill ahead of its re-introduction to Parliament in the next session, this event will explore the Government’s vision for this fresh piece of legislation.
It will look in particular at the mandate for “net gain in biodiversity through the planning system” - a requirement that development should increase biodiversity by 10% - and the new responsibilities that this will confer on the range of built environment stakeholders.
We will be joined for this session by Rebecca Pow MP, the Minister responsible for the Bill.
Following a brief presentation, the Minister will take questions from the chair and from the floor.
Zoom registration details will be circulated to members before the event
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Thu09Dec20218.30am - 10.00amMaurice Barnett Room, Central Hall, Westminster, SW1H 9NH
Planning in Practice: Local Plan Engagement
Hannah David (Chair) - Planning Futures; Ross Whear - Head of Planning/Economic Development, Hertsmere BC; Nick Kilby - CEO, Cratus Comms; Additional speaker (tbc)
Local Plans set the parameters for development within each local authority area - from high-level strategic policies, to often detailed site allocations. Within England’s plan-led system, they help to direct investment and shape the built environment over the long-term. In consequence, all built environment stakeholders have an interest in the plan making process.
This event, the latest in our series of CPD accredited events, will explore how stakeholders can best engage with Local Authorities at each stage of the plan making process: from the pre-plan making stage to Regulation 18 and 19 consultations, and Examination in public.
It will consider:
- How to engage with LA’s at each stage of the plan making process
- How to respond to a call for sites
- Examples of best practice LA consultation
The panel for this event will feature public and private sector experts on the local plan making process and is suitable for all built environment stakeholders.
Please e mail for details or to register (there is also a hybrid option for attendance).
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Thu17Feb20228.30am - 10.00amMaurice Barnett Room, Central Hall, Westminster SW1H 9NH
Planning in Practice: The National Model Design Code - lessons from the pilots
Andrew Taylor (Chair) - Countryside Properties; Dr Jennifer Thomas - DLUHC; Steve Quartermain (tbc); Pilot Authority (tbc)
The most recent version of the NPPF places a new emphasis on the role of design in planning. Paragraph 128 states that “all local planning authorities should prepare design guides or codes consistent with the principles set out in the National Design Guide and [the new] National Model Design Code.”
In May 2021 MHCLG announced that it had chosen 14 local Authorities to test the new Code. With pilot funding of £50,000, each of these Local Authorities has been given six months to produce a local design code.
As the first design codes are completed under this new regime, this event will explore the lessons that have been learned by the participating local authorities and contemplate how the new guidance will shape the development process for all planning stakeholders going forward.
It will consider:
- Emerging best practice within the first tranche of Local Design Codes
- The role that Design Codes will play in the planning process in the coming years
- How developers and planners can meet new design requirements in their work
This panel will feature leading experts from Government, both National and Local and is suitable for Local Authority officers and members who wish to learn from the early experience of their colleagues, and for private sector planners, and developers, seeking to understand how the new design codes will work in practice.
Please e mail for details or to register (there is also a hybrid option for attendance).
