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Planners' School 2: 6 - 10 September 2008

Saturday 6 September

12.00 Registration
14.30 Understanding the APC Process
Sue Percy, Royal Town Planning Institute
15.45 Welcome to Fife and planning in Scotland
Roger Kelly, Convenor, RTPI in Scotland
17.00 Introduction to first time attendees
20.00 Opening address
Jackie Sadek, CB Richard Ellis
21.00 Wine Reception
 

Sunday 7 September

ECO DAY
09.30 Paper 1 - To be confirmed
Speaker to be confirmed
Paper 2 - To be confirmed
Speaker to be confirmed
11.30 Choice of workshops including:
Workshop A - Using eco principles in house building
Howard Liddell, Gaia Architects
Workshop B - Using our canals
Speaker to be confirmed
Workshop C - Practical aspects of renewables
Speaker to be confirmed
Workshop D - Waste management - the North Foreshore case study
Una Somerville, Turley Associates (Belfast office)
14.15 Choice of workshops (see morning for choice)
16.00 Paper 3 - Planning's response to flooding
Campbell Gemmell, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency
20.00 Choice of two evening events:
Presentations by Travelling Scholarship winners and RTPI Young Planner of the Year

Monday 8 September

PLAN MAKING
09.30 Paper 4 - Strategic planning
Graeme Purves, Scottish Government
Paper 5 - The role of the regional plan
Catriona Riddell, SEERA
Paper 6 - Sound core strategies
Rosemary Kidd, Redcar & Cleveland Council
Paper 7 - Area Action Plans
James Russell, Independent planning adviser
13.30 Choice of study tours
  • Dundee Central Waterfront
  • Golf & Development
  • St Andrews
  • Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine Rail Project
  • 20.00 75th anniversary gala dinner

    Tuesday 9 September

    DELIVERING THE PLAN
    09.30 Re-shaping cities - Glasgow (the city plan, the regeneration programme, the Commonwealth Games village)
    Steve Inch and colleagues from Glasgow City Council
    11.30 Choice of four workshops including:
    Workshop E - Regional leadership and the lifetime neighbourhoods concept
    Ed Harding, International Longevity Centre
    Workshop F - Tourism and rural development
    Deborah Murray, Stirling Council
    Workshop G - Good practice in development planning
    Speaker to be confirmed
    Workshop H - Design appraisal - a progressive masterclass workshop
    Sebastian Tombs and colleagues, Architecture and Design Scotland
    14.15 Choice of workshops E and F (repeated). Continuation of Workshop H and
      Workshop G - Good practice in development management
    16.00 Closing address
    Kevin Murray, Consultant
    19.30 The St Andrews Challenge

    Wednesday 10 September

    Close of Planners' School 2 after breakfast
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