| 14.30-15.15 | Briefing workshop - Legal update |
| | Peter Wilbraham, Cobbetts |
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| 15.45-16.45 | Mediation and the findings of the NPF's report |
| | Kay Powell, National Planning Forum |
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| 17.00-17.30 | Making the most of Planners’ School |
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20.00-21.00 | Opening address |
| | Kelvin MacDonald, Spatial Effects Ltd |
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21.00 onwards | Wine reception |
| Sponsored by Yorkshire Water |
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WEDNESDAY 8 SEPTEMBER |
09.30-11.00 | Paper 1 – Adapting towns in response to climate change |
| Simon Birch, The Environment Agency |
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| Paper 2 – New Lanark - restoration and regeneration as a sustainable community |
| Lorna Davidson, New Lanark Trust |
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11.30-12.45 | Choice of four workshops |
| Workshop A – Regeneration in a world heritage site/conservation area |
| Harvey Dowdy, Durham 20/20 Vision |
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| Workshop B – Evidence gathering for plan making |
| Christian Schwander and Pete Ferguson, Space Syntax |
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| Workshop C – Presentations by winners of the Travelling Scholarships and the RTPI Young Planner of the Year - Building preservation in Chicago - John Evans, Cambridge City Council - Lessons from New Orleans - Tom Venables, AECOM |
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| Workshop D – Zero carbon development |
| | Nigel Ingram, Joseph Rowntree Foundation |
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14.15-15.30 | Choice of workshops A,B and D (repeated) or alternative workshop C |
| Workshop C – Presentation by international guest delegates |
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16.00-16.45 | Presidential address |
| Ann Skippers, President, Royal Town Planning Institute |
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20.00-21.00 | Choice of two evening papers |
| | Scarborough – the regeneration of a coastal town |
| | Jill Low, Scarborough Borough Council |
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| | Newington St Andrews Area Action Plan |
| | Alex Codd, Hull City Council |
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THURSDAY 9 SEPTEMBER |
09.30-12.10 | THE BIG DEBATE |
| This School believes that we can have prosperity without growth |
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| Professor Tim Jackson, University of Surrey |
| Hugh Ellis, TCPA |
| Kate Barker, Monetary Policy Committee, HM Treasury |
| Professor Paul Cheshire, London School of Economics |
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13.30 or 13.45-18.30 | Choice of study tours |
| Sponsored by Southern Planning Practice |
| - Flood management in York and Selby |
| - York city centre walking tour |
| - Leeds |
| - Harrogate villages |
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19.30 onwards | Gala dinner |
| Pre dinner drinks sponsored by Savills Dinner wine sponsored by Roger Tym & Partners |
| Grotton Revisited: planning in crisis |
| | After a thirty year gap the original team, Steve Ankers, |
| | David Kaiserman and Chris Shepley, come together again |
| | to offer an experienced and surprisingly un-jaundiced |
| | look at the way the British planning system works - first |
| | class entertainment |
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FRIDAY 10 SEPTEMBER |
09.30-10.20 | Discussion – Are we really managing development |
| | Ed Watson, LB Camden |
| | Simon Leask, HCA - ATLAS |
| Richard Slipper, GVA Grimley |
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| Paper 4 – Energy infrastructure – local solutions |
| Rob Shaw, LDA Design |
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11.30-12.45 | Choice of four workshops |
| Workshop E – Appeals -the quality of evidence |
| Phillip Ware, Planning Inspectorate |
| Elaine Kinghan, Planning Appeals Commission |
| Dave Gordon, Dept Planning & Environmental Appeals |
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| Workshop F – Planning on a fiver |
| | Stewart Murray, LB Barnet |
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| Workshop G – Delivering good design through core strategies |
| Kathy MacEwen and Robert Beardsworth, CABE with David Caulfield and Derek Gauld, City of York |
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| Workshop H – Development economics |
| | John Parmiter, Roger Tym & Partners |
| | Michael Salmon, HM Treasury |
| | Mike Beaman, Michael Beaman Ltd |
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13.30-14.10 | Lunchtime discussion – What skills do planners need? |
| Speakers: |
| Steve Quartermain, CLG |
| Sue Percy, RTPI |
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14.15-15.30 | Choice of workshops E & F and continuation of Workshops G & H |
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16.00-16.45 | Closing address – developing skills |
| Steve Quartermain, Chief Planner, CLG |
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19.30 onwards | The York Challenge - quiz |
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