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Environment planning

These events are concerned with controls affecting the environment applied through the planning system and with controls affecting the environment applied through other legislation that impinge on the operation of the planning system. Key areas of interest include:

  • Strategic Environmental Assessments

  • Sustainability Appraisals

  • Climate Change

  • Environmental Capacity

  • Health and Social Impact Assessments

For further information on any of our public courses please contact Customer Services on 0845 120 9601 (at local rates) or e-mail services@rtpiconferences.co.uk

An introduction to the planning system This course is intended to provide administrators and support staff with an understanding of the planning system to enable them to appreciate the wider context within which they are working.
Built heritage conservation This conference will focus on new directions in the management of the historic environment. Starting with new policy and the prospects for legislation, it will then focus on legal aspects of heritage, in terms of case-law, emerging thinking on the definition on setting and new work on tackling heritage crime.
Current issues in planning conference This final round-up conference brings together the best six papers from across the thirty events, as indicated by questionnaire responses, and should provide a lively wide-reaching forum for discussion
Ecology in the planning process Developments are often built in areas where there is interaction with the natural environment. Establishing how to identify, assess and mitigate these relationships is essential to the smooth running and delivery of any planning project. Heritage, archaeology and ecology are all frequently encountered through the planning process and learning how to deal with them effectively, either through avoidance, mitigation or good design, is fundamental.
Environmental Impact Assessments The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations require developments which have the potential to be harmful to the environment to go through a rigorous assessment process. This workshop will cover the relevant legislation, provide explanatory examples and will assist with contributing to, reviewing and submitting a successful EIA.
Guide to planning issues in 2011 This conference will look at future changes to the planning system. Key speakers, including CLG representatives, will give their views on new legislation and the impact it will have on both private and public sector planners.
Planning for climate change conference Climate change is the greatest environmental challenge facing the world today. Already we have seen a change in weather patterns with an increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. The impact on social, economic and environmental factors will be vast and planners play one of the most important roles in tackling climate change. This is a must attend conference!
Planning for the natural environment conference This one-day conference will help address the issue that planning has an ever growing role in ensuring that the interests of the natural environment are addressed as part of the broader purpose to secure sustainable development. Climate change will have an increasingly significant impact on our natural environment and planners have an important role to help address this.
Planning law update conference This one-day conference aims to provide a straightforward, practical routemap through the legal minefield so as to assist delegates to find the best solutions for delivering sustainable development whilst avoiding or minimising the risks.
Renewable energy conference This topical one-day conference will enable planners to understand the implications of the new Climate Change PPS and the Government policy on renewable energy. This conference will examine the issues surrounding renewable energy and discuss how planners can ensure that Government targets will be met.
Renewable energy masterclass: The Merton Rule The Merton Rule has shaken up the planning and development landscape in such a way as to force a range of industries and professions to work together. This comprehensive masterclass will help equip planning professionals with some of the essential skills and knowledge required for the coming climate change planning era.
Strategic environmental assessments and sustainability appraisal This one-day masterclass will explain how to fulfil latest legal requirements, and how to use the SEA/SA process to help improve plans. Strategic environmental assessments (SEA) and sustainability appraisals (SA) help to ensure that plans and programmes are as environmentally sound and sustainable as possible. SEA and SA are required for a wide range of plans and programmes under new legislation.
Sustainable buildings This one day Masterclass is for practitioners who want to understand more about features for sustainable design that can be integrated into new developments. There will be a focus on renewable energy and water consumption. Other topics such as materials and ecology will also be explored during the course.
Transport and Development Conference How can we deliver better transport systems and solutions at a time when major budgets are being cut and radically re-prioritised? This and other key questions will be the subject of the RTPI’s annual transport and development conference this year. Cutting to the heart of this issue for developers, landowners, planners and politicians, how can we achieve better quality places with less resource? From strategic questions to site specific examples this conference is designed to challenge, provoke and use the combined intelligence in the room to generate some real answers If you attend it’s not just about networking and learning from each other. It will be fast, punchy and aim to push the boundaries. A key output will be a think-tank report to the RTPI about ‘what next?’
Urban Design Conference Now in its 10th successful year this conference will provide an introduction and update on recently produced tools, included the updated EP Urban Design Compendium and PPS3 and its supplementary guidance. It will also cover urban design in the LDF context and practice in delivering urban design quality in a range of differing environments.
Waste Management Conference This conference will review progress on the Government’s agenda for changing waste management in the UK, and how the expectations laid at planning’s door are being met.
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