Core CPD Framework:
- Housing
- 5 CPD Hours
Event Description
RTPI South West welcomes to you their CPD Seminar series for 2025. This is a HYBRID Seminar so you may opt to attend in-person or virtually. We hope this enables the event to be as inclusive as possible.
The General Election in 2024 saw a new Government elected with a mandate to significantly increase housing delivery, with a target of 1.5m homes to deliver this Parliament. This seminar provides an overview of recent and upcoming legislative and policy changes designed to achieve that, and brings together the views and experiences of planners in public and private practice with the development industry to consider how housing delivery can be increased, in terms of both ‘numbers’ and also the quality, type and tenure, to meet both local and national needs.
Learning Objectives:
Develop a broader understanding of the legislative and policy changes recently and soon to be introduced by government to significantly increase housing delivery, and learn from good practice case study examples and views from across the industry on how to achieve that.
After attending this event, delegates should be able to:
- Understand the legislative and policy changes introduced since the 2024 General Election with regards to housing delivery (including Green Belt and grey belt)
- Develop an awareness of the various barriers to increasing housing delivery, and what planners in the public and private sectors can do to help overcome them in the short- and long-term
- Understand how the housing industry works and learn how to negotiate the best developments whilst remaining viable
- Learn from good practice examples of different types of housing delivery, and how they all contribute to meeting local and national housing needs
Programme
Please note that the programme is still in draft stage. We reserve the right to update and amend the programme accordingly. We will do our best to keep the event programme current and reactive to any key legislation or guidance changes.
Topics may include:
- NPPF and what this means for housing delivery with viewpoints from:
- Richard Grant, Planning Director at Origin3
- Chris Tofts & Duncan Tilney at Steven Scown Solicitors
- Justin Dodge, West Country Land
- Nick Bryant, Associate Director of Planning at Tewkesbury Brough Council
- Robert Lacey, Planning Policy Manager at Cornwall Council
- How do we achieve viable housing schemes in these challenging times?
Mark Felgate, Three Dragons - Case studies including community, brownfield, affordable and greenfield development
- Plymouth North Prospect
Andrew Lawrie, Plymouth Community Homes
- Plymouth North Prospect
Booking
Please follow the booking links below. Please note that early bird rates end 28 February 2025
If you wish to do a group booking please contact [email protected]
RTPI are happy to support RTPI Members and Students who are unemployed or financially precluded from attending local CPD events. Please contact us to discuss opportunities.
Accessibility
- Please view travel information here.
- There is parking available on site and chargeable
- The nearest train station is Plymouth and is a 15-20 minute walk away.
- The meeting and catering takes place on the ground floor
- A quiet room are available during the event should you require this.
The RTPI is committed to delivering inclusive events; to make sure that everyone can have the best possible experience. To help work towards being able to do this an event organiser will contact all booked participants to discuss any access needs or requirements that they might have. Contact Charlotte Daborn to discuss any questions or concerns you may have.
Speakers needed
If you would like to speak at this or other events, please do get in touch.
Sponsorship opportunities
RTPI South West have a range of sponsorship opportunities for a number of events in the year, so please do get in touch to discuss. As well as supporting events which raise the profile of planning, they are a great way of aligning to your organisation values and goals.
