Environment Planning & Protection Network

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The environmental agenda is never far from the thoughts of planners. Over the years concerns have changed from wildlife, landscape and pollution issues to a much wider consideration of short and long term impacts on the human environment.

The Environmental Planning and Protection Network aims to enable its members to make better informed decisions.

Climate Change

Climate Change is probably the single largest global challenge faced by us all. To do its part, the RTPI has launched Planning to Live with Climate Change - Our 7 Commitments.

To help achieve the aims of this initiative, the RTPI Networks have appointed Climate Change Champions.

With members from across the Networks, the Champions will press widely for change and adaptation.

For more details on the work currently being carried out by the Environmental Planning and Protection Network on climate change, click here

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Our events

Interested in holding an event with the Network in 2010? For more information, click here

Joining the network

Why not join the Environmental Planning and Protection Network? (some good reasons to join) The Network is currently free to join and is open to both RTPI members and non-members.To join the Network:

You must first have registered on this website by clicking on the "Visitor Register Now" button at the left hand side of the RTPI website, creating your own username and password. Please complete your online Profile as fully as possible as this will help you get the most from the Network (RTPI members: please remember to include your membership number).

Once this has been done, just click on the 'Join here!' link to the left of this page. Requesting access then sends a message to the Network Manager who will respond to you by email. (Non-RTPI members may be asked to supply additional information.)

If you have any problems signing up online please contact Trish Cookson, the Environmental Planning and Protection Network Manager.

Joining the RTPI

If you are not already an RTPI member, have you considered joining? Find out which membership category applies to you.

For details of current RTPI Policy activities please click here

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Join one of our interest groups! Focus on Biodiversity

The Network's Biodiversity Interest group is continuing to work on a joint project with the Green Building Council to develop a proposed standard method for collating information about changes to biodiversity as a result of development, which may feed into a national demonstration project on capturing biodiversity planning data, which will be supported by the Defra Fund for Local Biodiversity Recording

Click here for more information on our other interest groups

Title/Synopsis
Planning Policy Statement: Planning for a Natural and Healthy Environment
Consultation on a new draft PPS, replacing some aspects of PPS7, PPS9, PPG17, and PPG20.