East Midlands Councils Low-Cost CPD Programme for Planners 2016/17

‘Development Management – rules and reality!’

Thursday 6th October 2016

9:30 / Refreshments and Registration
10:00 / Welcome from Chair
Simon Bovey, Deputy Chief Executive, Daventry District Council
10:05
10:35
11.05 / Economic and Property Market Outlook
Darren Yates, Carter Jonas
Development Management after Brexit! … and The Housing and Planning Act 2016!
Iain Gilbey, Partner, Pinsent Masons
Questions & Answers
11:15 / Refreshments
11:30
12.00
12.30
13.00 / Development Management in Practice (1) - Peer Reviews
Martin Hutchings, Principal Consultant, Planning Advisory Service
Development Management in Practice (2)– New Kit for the Enforcement Toolbox
David Armstrong (aka ‘The Wig’), Barrister, Mallard Consultancy
Development Management in Practice (3) – “Do we LISTEN?!”
Danny Moody, Chief Executive, Northamptonshire County Association of Local Councils
Questions & Answers
13:10 / Lunch
14.00
14:45
15.15
15.45 / Handling Planning Committees
Michelle Sacks, Monitoring Officer, Boston Borough Council
Development Management in Practice – ‘Lepers v Chickens’ in Melton“
Jim Worley, Head of Regulatory Services, Melton Borough Council
The (Alternative) Language of Development!
Rob Cowan, Urban Design Skills
Questions & Answers
15:55 / Concluding Remarks
Simon Bovey, Chair
16.00 / Close

CPD

Each seminar of the Low-Cost Planners programme will recognise the completion of 6 hours CPD. Certificates will be distributed at the end of the seminar.

Presentations

In the interest of considering the environment, the presentations on the day will not be printed in hard copy, however, where permission has been granted, they will be downloadable after the seminar from:

http://www.emcouncils.gov.uk/Past-Events-2016-17

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

Programme 2016/17

2016/17 Seminar Topics / Date
Can’t See the Wood for the Trees (Landscape Planning) / 28th April 2016
Planning Enforcement / 9th June 2016
Development Management Theory and Practice / 6th Oct 2016
Planning for Economic Growth / 1st Dec 2016
Design in Practice / 23rd Feb 2017
Planning for Housing Delivery / 21st March 2017

All the seminars will be held in the Baptist Church, Melton Mowbray,

Leicester Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 0FA

Melton Mowbray is accessible by train - National Rail Enquiry Line: 08457 48 49 50 Rail Information: www.rail.co.uk