Spring Conference and NPPF Briefing 10/11 May 2012

Date: 10/5/2012

Green House Hotel, Grove Road, East Cliff, Bournemouth

Thursday 10 May 2012

• Welcome - Mike Holmes, President, POS and Bournemouth Borough Council
• Keynote address - Colin Haylock, President, RTPI
• "They think it's all over" - where (and why) we should still be planning for new retail development in town centres - Brian Raggett, Strutt & Parker
• How can we best deliver planning? The Shared Services Approach - David Evans, West Dorset & Weymouth & Portland Councils
• Using a contractor - Dave Jolley, Urban Vision/Capita Symonds
• Models of delivery for the planning service - Martin Hutchings, Planning Advisory Service & Mark Poppy, Local Partnerships
• The Bournemouth Development Company - a long term development prospect? - Duncan Johnston, Morgan Sindall Investments Ltd  & Haydn Morris, Terence O'Rourke Ltd
• Town Centre Regeneration sites tour - guided walk around the central area of Bournemouth
• Guest Speaker at the Dinner - Terry O'Rourke

Friday 11 May 2012 

• The NPPF - Steve Quartermain, Chief Planner, CLG
• Duty to co-operate - Malcolm Sharp, Catriona Riddell  and Steve Ingram POS Cabinet members
• Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects and the Role of Local Authorities - Robbie Owen, Bircham Dyson Bell LLP
• AGM

The Society is grateful for sponsorship of this event from the following organisations