East Midlands Young Planners North
Morgan Tucker are kindly hosting a free young planners CPD evening on Thursday 10th November at their offices in Newark (65 Northgate, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 1HD). Adam Partington, from the City of Lincoln Council will be providing a presentation on the Lincoln Townscape Assessment, which is coming to an end at the end of the year.

Adam is the Townscape Character Projects Manager, managing and delivering several partnership projects concerned with managing the inherited character and local distinctiveness of Lincoln. The Lincoln Townscape Assessment (LTA) is a key place-shaping tool in Lincoln, used by developers and development managers alike to help future change take advantage of the city's distinctive character. Bringing together principles of urbanism, ecology and archaeology, the LTA defined and characterised 108 individual places, known as Character Areas, which cumulatively cover the whole of the authority area. The information, available at www.heritageconnectlincoln.com ,is now an established evidence-base used in Lincoln's place-shaping approach. The presentation will discuss the results of its use in three key areas of place-shaping, Spatial planning, design and development, and neighbourhood planning, documented as part of the LTA implementation Project.

Registration will be from 6pm, with the presentation starting at 6.30pm. There will be drinks and snacks available after the presentation and a wii tournament for those who wish to take part!

Morgan Tucker is well situated for access from Newark Northgate and Castle Stations, or the A1/A46 with ample parking available. For more information please visit Morgan Tucker's website at www.morgantucker.co.uk or visit their facebook page.

Everyone is welcome to attend. Please contact sarahallsop@jhwalter.co.uk if you have any questions or if you would like to attend. Carrying on with Victoria's tradition there will be a bottle of wine for the person who travels the furthest. - read flier for more details (PDF 103kb)

East Midlands Young Planners South
OPUN East Midlands have kindly offered to host a free young planners CPD evening on Thursday 10th November 2011 at De Montfort University's Leicester City Campus (Queens Building, Room 015 Ground Floor, Faculty of Technology, Mill Lane, Leicester, LE2 7DR). Michael Parkinson, a Partner at Peter Brett Associates since 2004 (www.peterbrett.com), will be giving a presentation on Renewable Energy - Future Technologies in Development.

Michael will explain through project examples how energy demands of development projects can be met, and also explore how energy infrastructure created can be considered an asset for the future communities. As part of the presentation we will look at the policy and statutory requirements as well as how to plan an energy strategy for a development proposal.

Michael has been a Partner of Peter Brett Associates since 2004 and has extensive experience in project management, design, and delivery of complex and multi-disciplinary projects, for a variety of public and private sector clients. Many of these projects range from pre-planning feasibility studies, through to delivery on site. Michael is used to leading large project teams, on brown field and green field sites for mixed use, residential, commercial and industrial schemes. Peter Brett Associates are industry-leaders in delivering renewable energy as part of development and continuously research emerging technologies to remain one step ahead of their competitors.

Registration will be from 6pm, with the presentation beginning at 6:30pm. There will be drinks and snacks available during registration and after the Questions and Answers session, all are invited to go for a few drinks at The Pub, 12 New Walk, LE1 6TF, at around 8pm.

The Queens Building's location is illustrated on this map (item 32) from De Montfort University's website: http://www.dmu.ac.uk/aboutdmu/campuses/maps/leic_campus.jsp

De Montfort University's Leicester City Campus is approximately a 15-20 minute walk from the train station or a 5 minute taxi ride.

Car parking is free for visitors after 6pm on the De Montfort University City Campus car park (LE2 7DP, item 34 on the capus map) behind the Queens Building, off Jarrom Street, Leicester. There is also street parking on the campus or nearby NCP car parks such as an NCP on Newarke Street (about a 5-7 minute walk to the Queens Building).

Everyone is welcome to attend, although places are limited to 40 people. Please contact edward.morgan@oadby-wigston.gov.uk if you have any questions or if you would like to attend. Carrying on with Victoria's tradition there will be a bottle of wine for the person who travels the furthest. - read flier for more details (PDF 84 kb)