ELECTED MEMBERS’ SCHOOL 2010 – YORK |
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FRIDAY 3 SEPTEMBER |
14.30-15.15 | Briefing Session 1 – Planning law update |
| Pat Thomas, Pat Thomas Planning Law |
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15.30-16.45 | Briefing Session 2 – Introduction to planning for newly elected members of the planning committee |
| Stephen Tapper, President Elect, Planning Officers Society |
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17.00-17.30 | Making the most of Elected Members’ School |
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20.00-21.00 | Opening Address |
| New Government – new planning approach |
| John Gummer, Lord Deben |
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21.00 onwards | Wine reception |
| Sponsored by the Town & Country Planning Association (TCPA) |
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SATURDAY 4 SEPTEMBER |
09.30-11.00 | Paper 1 – What happens when the seas rise? - living with climate change |
| Jaap Flikweert, Haskoning UK Ltd |
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| Paper 2 – How do we prevent the lights going out? - living in a low energy world |
| Hector Pearson, The National Grid |
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11.30-12.45 | Choice of workshops |
| Workshop A – Community engagement |
| | Nancy Astley and Allison Borden, Planning Aid for London |
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| Workshop B – Allocating and delivering sustainable housing sites |
| Dave Sykes and Jenny Wood, Harrogate Borough Council |
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| Workshop C – Making sound planning decisions |
| Duncan Chadwick, David Lock Associates |
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| Workshop D – Good design – what does it mean? |
| Rob Cowan, Urban Design Skills |
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14.15-15.30 | Choice of workshops A-D (repeated) |
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16.00-16.45 | Paper 3 – Delivering value for the rural economy |
| Cllr Andrew Wilby, South Northamptonshire Council |
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20.00-21.00 | Evening paper – Ancient excrement – an avenue to York’s heritage |
| Andrew Jones, York Archaeological Trust |
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SUNDAY 5 SEPTEMBER |
09.30-12.30 | THE BIG DEBATE |
| This School believes that social housing should be provided by councils and market housing by developers |
| Kelvin MacDonald, Spatial Effects Ltd |
| Julie Cowans, Regeneration Consultant |
| Andrew Whitaker, Home Builders Federation |
| Robert Napier, Homes & Communities Agency |
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13.30-18.00 | Choice of study tours Sponsored by Southern Planning Practice |
| - Housing in York |
| - Green energy in Selby |
| - Doncaster |
| - Wakefield |
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Evening | Gala dinner Reception sponsored by Yorkshire Water Dinner sponsored by The Planning Inspectorate |
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MONDAY 6 SEPTEMBER |
09.30-11.00 | Paper 4 – Delivering the infrastructure locally |
| Jack Hegarty, Managing Director, Wychavon District Council |
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| Paper 5 – Delivering the national infrastructure |
| Sir Michael Pitt, Chair, Infrastructure Planning Commission |
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| Paper 6 – Delivering the infrastructure – role of the private sector |
| Peter Beaumont, Managing Director, Keyland Developments Ltd |
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| 11.20-12.00 | Ministerial Address |
| | Bob Neill MP, Minister for Planning |
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12.00-13.00 | Choice of four workshops |
| Workshop E – Working together |
| Cllr Peter Wharf, Purbeck District Council |
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| Workshop F – Planning and health |
| | Professor Hugh Barton, University of the West of England |
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| Workshop G – Enforcement – delivering the permission and enforcing the conditions |
| Vivien Green, Trevor Roberts Associates |
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| Workshop H – Waste planning |
| Robert Asquith, Planning Director, New Earth Solutions |
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13.30-14.10 | Lunchtime discussion – Place shaping – the role of the backbench member |
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14.15-15.30 | Choice of workshops E-H (repeated) |
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16.00-16.45 | Closing address |
| Disparities in Society |
| Lord Richard Best OBE |
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20.15-21.15 | Question time with panel of experts |
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