Next meeting

LONDON PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT FORUMThe next meeting is at the RICS 12 George Street SW1, 2.30 to 5.30pm on Thursday 11th December 2008.

Discussion topics:

• Whither the London Plan?

• The Killian Pretty and the DCLG review of the planning application process (which are due for publication late November).

Meetings are open to visitors. Please call Drummond Robson,
Forum Secretary, on 020 8449 3113 or email robplan@btconnect.com
to confirm details of the event and names of those who wish to attend. Please advise if you have a special interest.

ACA Green Paper on planning reform as submitted to Barker who said: "concise and stimulating". Just three pages .pdf

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previous meetings (see minutes)

Thursday September 11th 2008 hosted by the Environment Agency, at the City of Westminster Archives Centre, 10 St Ann's Street, London, SW1P 2DE.

Discussion Topics: Transport and London Plan policies; how to tackle the Community Strategy / LDF interface (Prof. Janice Morphet, Brian Whiteley and others); The DCLG review of planning applications (Mike Kierley & Brian Waters).

*please check back here for any changes before the meeting. The EA location address for the meeting may be changed; please check back here before attending!
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RIBA London, 77 Portland Place W1, 2.30 to 5.30pm on Tuesday 10th June 2008

Principal discussion topic*: Reviewing the planning system; including presentation on private involvement in development control by Urban Vision/Capita.
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at Town & Country Planning Association, 17 Carlton House Terrace SW1 on Thursday 15th March 2007* at 2.30 to 5.30pm

Discussion topics:
• Householder consents, the future of consultation including Framework Documents.
Les Sparks, CABE Commissioner invited.
• Responses to the Barker Review of Planning, PPS 4 – The Economy and the Use Classes Order. Alison Moore of the Barker Review Team and author of the new PPS 4 invited.

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at RIBA 77 Portland Place (not 66) on Monday 11th December 2006* at 2.30 to 5.30pm

Discussion topics:
• Review of Government Planning taking account of Kate Barker Barker's Review of Land Use Planning and Householder Development Consents Review which focuses on the link between planning and economic growth. Speakers to be agreed. (Tony Thompson of DCLG invited).

• The Economics of Climate Change. Sir Nicholas Stern’s Review, (also commissioned by the Treasury) is looking at the medium to long term economic implications of climate change and assesses approaches to tackle the issue. It is due to be issued before the meeting. Sir Nicholas Stern invited.
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at CABE, 1 Kemble Street WC2B 4AN
on Tuesday 19th September 2006 at 2.30 to 5.30pm

Discussion topics:
• Design and access statements: How to write them and how to read them – presentation of CABE guidance by Esther Kurland followed by discussion.
• Guidance on preparing transport assessments: Transport for London has published best practice guidance on preparing transport assessments for major developments in the capital. Sam Richards of TfL will introduce this and lead discussion.

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...was at The Bartlett, University College London, 22 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0QB on Monday 26th June* 2006 at 2.30 to 5.30pm

• London Plan Review: the forum will follow-up the special February meeting (see feature in this issue of Planning in London on pages 21-29) in the context of the draft for consultation with GLA which will be presented by deputy mayor Nicky Gavron and her officers.

• An increasing role for the private sector in development control: presentation of the Audit Commission report by its author Bruno Moore (invited) and discussion of the ODPM Householder Consents Review.
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Meeting of the London Planning & Development Forum is at City Hall The Queens Walk London SE1 2AA, courtesy of the Mayor and GLA, on 14th March 2006 at 2.30 to 5.30pm
Discussion topics:

• PPS3 New Planning Policy Statement 3 (PPS3) – Planning and Housing, which is planned to replace PPG3, and is currently being consulted on;
• Housing: The London Plan Supplementary Planning Guidance published December 2006.

Meetings are open to visitors. Please call Drummond Robson, Forum Secretary, on 020 8449 3113 or email robplan@btconnect.com
to confirm details of the event and names of those who wish to attend. Please advise if you have a special interest.

www.planninginlondon.com
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AGENDA for the meeting of the Forum on Wednesday 7th December 2005 at British Property Federation 7th Floor, 1 Warwick Row London SW1E 5ER. Our host is Faraz Baber.

1. Introductions and Apologies;

2. Discussion Topic: London Mayor calls for a bigger regional planning role, including housing, call-in powers and section 106 powers. (Giles Dolphin, GLA Planning Decisions Manager, will lead the discussion).

Discussion Topic 2: Transport for London’s plans for Transforming London’s Public Realm.
Contributing Speakers: David Ubaka, Street Management, Transport for London, with Simon Foxell.

Discussion Topic 3: Planning Timetable extending to 13 weeks and twin tracking lives on.

3. Minutes of Meeting held on Wednesday 21st September 2005 at RICS 12, Great George Street, Parliament Square, London SW1P 3AD

4. Matters arising.

5. Next Meeting.

6. Review of standing items:
· Planning in London journal and yearbook;
· web site: www.planninginlondon.com; ePiL;
· GLA planning report and development control statistics [Chairman]
· UDP progress with reviews in London (To Be Retitled?) [Giles Dolphin, GLA]
· Current ODPM consultation documents & pipeline [GOL]
· National Planning Forum report [Chairman]

7. Membership & subscriptions –Treasurer's report.

8. Other business

Previous meeting...

...was at the RICS 12, Great George Street, Parliament Square, London SW1P 3AD, between 2.30 and 5.30pm.RICS 12, Great George Street, Parliament Square, London SW1P 3AD, between 2.30 and 5.30pm.

Principal Discussion Topics: GLA’s Views Management Framework has been issued to replace the 12 protected views; Sub Regional Planning Frameworks are emerging; Audit of the London Plan progress to date, now 18 months from adoption. Transport for London’s plans for transforming London’s Public Realm. Discussion of Development Control Changes – Circular 08/2005 of 24th August 2005.

Contributing Speakers: Richard Coleman – Views Strategy; John Lett*- Sub Regional Planning Frameworks; Simon Foxell – London’s Public Realm.

Previous meeting was at Government Office for London, Room 11.1b, Riverwalk House, 157-161 Millbank, SW1 on Thursday 16th June between 2.30pm and 5.30pm.

Main discussion topic: Planning Policy Development Review

Contributing Speakers:
Leonora Rozee, Director of Policy and Jonathan Bore, Inspector Manager for London - both from the Planning Inspectorate, Michael Gallimore (Lovells) Margaret Casely-Hayford, (Denton Wilde Sapte) for PPS6, Michael Bach (ex-ODPM) for PPS6 Ian Rowe (OPDM Statistics); Pat Thomas (S.J. Berwin).

The discussion is planned to include recent initiatives and changes such as:
Appeals review, ODPM has produced New Application fees, Consultation Paper on Development Control Changes. The Local Development Documents Framework; PPS6 and also 'New guidance on validating applications' and a new standard application form.
GLA’s Views Management Framework (replaces the 12 protected views) London borough performance; statistics; Audit Commission review.

The normal format is that speakers introduce topics for (in this case) say 10-15 minutes, which are then open for wider discussion by those attending, which includes architects, planners, surveyors, government and local government representatives and others involved in the development industry.
The minutes appear on www.planninginlondon.com and an edited version in Planning in London.

Meetings are open to visitors.
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Please call Drummond Robson, Forum Secretary, on 020 8449 3113 to confirm details of the event and names of those who wish to attend. Please advise if you have a special interest.
The forum meets quarterly and meetings are open for visitors who are asked to advise the Secretary in advance: email robplan@btconnect.com

Details of the next meeting are found in the BRIEFING section of Planning in London and the AGENDA of the next meeting is noted below once available. Please check back nearer the meeting for more detail.

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