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Recommended for:

Any Council interested in or considering the benefits of a Neighbourhood Plan for their Parish or Town, any Local Authority, Planners

Overview:

This seminar will help you understand how a Neighbourhood Plan can guide the future development, regeneration and conservation of your area. We will consider common issues and concerns that arise as well examine the advantages of making a Neighbourhood Plan and explain the funding options available to assist with the costs.

Seminar Benefits:

By the end of the seminar, you will:

• Understand the process required to create and submit a Neighbourhood Plan
• Know and understand the legal implications of the recent updates to the planning system and how it relates to Neighbourhood Planning
• Understand how developers work with both the Local Plan and Neighbourhood Plans
• Appreciate how a Neighbourhood Plan works in practice by listening to the experience of a Parish Council who have a made Plan
• Realise the intricacies of the process required to bring a Neighbourhood Plan forward using the experience of a Parish Council who have just passed the examination
• Understand the latest Government thinking in relation to Neighbourhood Plans and available funding (from Locality or MHCLG to be confirmed)
• Be able to make an informed decision about whether a Neighbourhood Plan is right for their community

Seminar leaders:

• Liz Bourne – Plan-ET Becky Hopkinson – Plan-ET www.plan-et.community

Guest Speakers:

• Jim Ryan, Solicitor specialising in Planning, Partner at Carbon Law Partners Developer
• (name to be confirmed) a representative from *MHCLG /
• Locality David Whiter OB&L Parish Council, Chair of the Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group
• A representative from Alton Parish Council
• John Howell MP, Parliamentary Neighbourhood Planning Champion

*Formerly DCLG now Ministry of Housing Communities and Local government