Neighbourhood Planning Review: What it’s achieving and how | Events

With neighbourhood planning now well underway in many urban centres and neighbourhoods, towns, villages and rural areas, this seminar is an opportunity to learn about:

innovative strategies to overcome local issues
techniques to build a credible evidence base for critical points
common challenges and ways to respond to them
what to look for in appointing an examiner
reviewing your5 year old Neighbourhood Plan
how local authorities can be supportive of made and developing Neighbourhood Plans, and
writing effective policies for historic environments.

This seminar will be of interest to neighbourhood planning groups, local authority officers and councillors, civic and amenity societies, and consultants with an interest in planning, urbandesign, community action, and heritage management.

PROGRAMME

9.30am	Tea and coffee on arrival
9.45am	Welcome Louise Thomas, HTVF (Director)
10am	Neighbourhood Planning Review John Wilkinson, Locality
10.30am	Learning from a front-runner Neighbourhood Plan Dr Geoff Botting, Woodcote Parish Council
11am	Q&A followed by tea and coffee
11.30am	The Challenges for Neighbourhood Planning in the Planning System Andy Yuille, Lancaster University and planning consultant
12pm	Lessons from supporting communities and examining Neighbourhood Plans Liz Beth, LB Planning
12.30	Q&A
1pm	Lunch
1.45pm	How examiners work and pioneering policies in Submission Draft Neighbourhood Plans Jill Kingaby, Intelligent Plans
2.15pm	Innovative Neighbourhood Planning approaches and policies Gary Kirk, Your Locale
2.45pm	Tea and coffee
3pm	Effective Policies for the Historic Environment Rob Lloyd Sweet, Historic England
3.30pm	Neighbourhood Planning with communities Jon Herbert, Troy Planning + Design
4pm	Case studies from Lincolnshire Ian Read, University of York
4.15pm	Preparing a Community-led Visual Impact Assessment & other evidence and guidance Louise Thomas, TDRC Ltd
4.30pm	Discussion & Close

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