Events
11-Oct-07
Buy-to-let mortgage lending and the impact on UK house prices
Ricky Taylor from the National Housing & Planning Advice Unit has kindly agreed to present and discuss the findings set out in his NHPAU Research Note - Tuesday 9th September, RTPI HQ, 11am to 1pm.
To book one of the strictly limited places please email the Network Manager.
We'd love to hear from you .....
Room for All events are tailored to our members’ interests, and we often develop events in response to suggestions and offers from members. Our events range from simple lunchtime meetings for sharing practice information, to one-day events covering topics of special interest. Obviously every event can contribute directly to everyone's Continuing Professional Development.
Suggestions are more than welcome to housing@rtpi.org.uk
NETWORK VISIT TO THE REDEVELOPED CATERHAM BARRACKS
Photo courtesy John Thompson & Associates
As an event within National Housing Week 2008, the visit to Caterham illustrated how a Section 106 Agreement between the Developer and the Local Authority, fully informed by consultation with the local community, has helped to ensure careful integration of old and new and an impressive mix of uses that should help the sustainability of the expanded community.
the Community Trust website with the history of the site and the development can be seen here.
NETWORKS CONFERENCE: Empowerment and Influence – planning and learning through the RTPI Networks
The 1st joint Networks Conference was held in Birmingham on 23rd April.
If you were one of the attendees – or even if you just wish now that you had been part of it! – Network Members (after logging in) can download the two plenary presentations here:
Learning from the Past - Kelvin MacDonald (this is a large file and may take some time to download
Learning from the world - Dr Michel Sudarskis
MEMBER EVENT: The Callcutt Review – Friday 18th April
John Callcutt CBE kindly agreed to meet with members of the Room for All Network both to outline the findings of his Report but also to discuss the role that planners and others must play in improving the delivery of housebuilding. Crest Nicholson sponsored this event which was held in the London Boardroom of Savills. You can read the Callcutt Review via this link
Members (after logging in) can download his presentation here
MEETING WITH THE NATIONAL HOUSING FORUM
With the National Housing Forum and the RTPI Rural Planning Network, Room for All offered members in February 2008 an opportunity to consider the Taylor Review of the Rural Economy and Affordable Housing. The meeting included an opening presentation by Jo Lavis, Adviser to the Commission for Rural Communities; her presentation can be accessed here.
MEETING WITH NHPAU
In December 2007 members were invited to meet and discuss the issues of housing shortage with Ricky Taylor, Principal Research Officer at the National Housing & Planning Advisory Unit (NHPAU) in their light of their recently published research findings. This was a lively meeting on a very topical subject. Ricky's presentation is available to view here.
EVENTS FOR HOUSING WEEK 2007
The Network offered two special events as part of Housing Week 2007 which adopted the theme of sustainability:
Tour of Holly Street Estate, Hackney
This London event proved to be so popular that it was repeated on the evening of Monday 4th and Thursday 7th June (see flyer here)
Photo courtesy of Research Design Architecture
Click on the heading above for a report of the visit and for links to other sites that help with extra detail.As the flyer for this event (here) explained, New Ash Green was conceived as a potential "model of how to get civilised modern community living in an area of beautiful landscape" (Richard Crossman, 1964).New Ash Green was also a showcase for SPAN Developments. The close working relationship of Eric Lyons as architect and SPAN as sympathetic client proved to be an ideal arrangement for both parties.
- Author:
- Andrew Matheson
- Publisher:
- The Royal Town Planning Institute
- Date:
- 11-Oct-07
- Categories:
- Networks & Associations
- Sections:
- Events, Awards & Networking
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