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Sustainable development

Sustainable Development Conference

Date 18 May 2011
Duration 1 Day
Price GBP 489 + VAT
Location London
Venue The Hatton (etc Venues)
Registration 9.00-9.30
Close of Seminar 4.30
Our code 36535
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What is this conference about?


Now in its 8th year, this year’s annual conference will provide up to date information, explore best practice and consider some of the initiatives to deliver sustainable development through good planning. We will explore new ways of working and procedures to deliver sustainable communities through taking into account the changing political arena and the growing pressures to respond to climate change.

This conference will include:

  • Update in political expectations in delivering sustainable communities
  • How planning is responding to climate change mitigation and adaptation
  • Sustainable construction
  • Delivering energy generating solutions
  • Opportunities from the new legislation
  • Sustainable transport solutions for sustainable development
  • Working through Sustainable Community Strategies, Local area Agreements and Local Development Frameworks
  • Delivering behavioural change

Who should attend?

  • Planners engaged in policy and development control
  • Planning consultants
  • Related professionals
  • Academics, researchers
  • Commercial, housing and retail developers/investors
  • Community groups
  • Environmental organisations

Benefits of attending


Attending this conference will help you:

  • Look at the proposals for a statutory Community Infrastructure Levy
  • Gain up to-date knowledge on how planning policy, climate change and delivering sustainable communities through Sustainable Community Strategies, Local Area Agreements and Local Development Frameworks
  • Understand opportunities associated with new legislation and the up to date position with the Community Infrastructure Levy
  • Learn about technical solutions to sustainable construction and energy generation
  • Understand communication strategies to deliver behavioural change

Conference programme

This programme will be updated for 2011 and may include:

9.00 Coffee and registration

9.30 Welcome and introduction by the chair

9.40 Update in political expectations in delivering sustainable communities

  • The economic downturn and fiscal crisis have led to the stalling of housing and regeneration projects everywhere. How has this situation impacted on the commitment to sustainability?
  • In resurrecting the housing industry will we have to reduce regulatory burdens and what does that mean for the green agenda?
  • House builders are already looking for green field sites and to return to lower density development: what should policy makers do in these new circumstances

10.20 How planning is responding to climate change mitigation and adaptation

  • The relevance of sustainable development as a guiding principle for planning in an era of major real world challenges from globalisation and climate change
  • The detailed implementation of the sustainable development vision through initiative such as eco towns

11.00 Coffee and networking

11.20 Be the change you want to see - Designing for low carbon behaviours in new and existing buildings

  • The difference between predicted and actual performance of CO2 reduction measures
  • How behaviour change can have a greater impact on CO2 reduction than any single technology
  • Behaviour change, whether as the client, the designer or the user, is where new approaches will need to be found

12.00 Delivering low carbon communities

  • The need for communities to engage with low carbon planning
  • Experiences from the first year of PlanLoCaL
  • Challenges for the planning system and how it might respond

12.40 Panel discussion

1.00 Lunch

2.00 Planning legislation at the heart of delivering sustainable communities

2.40 Working through Sustainable Community Strategies, Local Area Agreements and Local Development Frameworks

  • Islington's Sustainability and Climate Change policies and programmes

3.20 Sustainable transport solutions for sustainable communities

  • The carbon benefits of well-planned transport packages
  • Using Section 106 to deliver strategic benefits
  • How carbon savings can still be achieved where a car-based culture and economy is important to local people and their agenda
  • The pivotal role of local communities

4.00 Panel discussion

4.20 Chair’s closing comments

4.30 Close of conference

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Quotes from previous participants...


q 'Excellent speakers. Nice handouts and good mix of issues '

q 'Good range of elements that made up the conference '

CPD requirements

This event is intended to help RTPI members with their CPD requirements.

In-house training

In-house training can be presented exclusively for your organisation on any subject in the planning and development field, including management skills. Training is individually tailored to meet the specific needs of your organisation .

To discuss your in-house requirements please contact the in-house team on 0845 076 0679 or e-mail incompany@rtpiconferences.co.uk.

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