What's Happened in 2011?

APC event

In January we were delighted to host our first event of 2011. The event held at The Point in Eastleigh focussed on the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) and we were fortunate enough to have Tracey Lloyd, Head of Membership & Careers for the RTPI, as our guest speaker running through the ins and outs of the APC process. Tracey got the evening under way with a presentation (pdf, 516kb) on the key elements of the APC with intermittent question and answer sessions. The young planners, of which there were around 30, then split into three groups and engaged in three ten minute workshops looking at the log books, professional competence statement, and conclusion. The evening was a really useful resource no matter what stage of the APC process you may have been at and was a great way to get our programme of events for 2011 underway.

Green Infrastructure event

The South Coast Young Planners' Network and Landscape Institute South East hosted a joint Green Infrastructure (GI) Event on 7 July at Hampshire County Council. The event provided an excellent opportunity to learn about GI from the regional to local scale with guests hearing from six key speakers.

Download the presentations:

• Tim Dyer (pdf): Senior Landscape Architect at Influence CLA Ltd and Chairman of the Landscape Institute South East. Delivery at local level 
• David Williamson (pdf, 8mb): Director of Forestry Commission South East. National and regional Perspective  
• Richard Walker (pdf, 4 mb): Savills. GI: The Jargon and the Reality
• Paul Stewart (pdf, 2 mb): Associate Mayer Brown Ltd. GI and SuDs
• Damian Offer (pdf, 3 mb): Winchester City Council. Council GI strategy
• Phil Lomax (pdf, 3 mb): PUSH. Sub regional GI strategy and implementation  

Marine and Coastal Planning in the South

In November the South Coast Young Planners' Network, in association with Business Solent, hosted a Marine and Coastal Planning in the South event at the Ocean Village Innovation Centre in Southampton. The event provided an excellent opportunity to learn about initiatives that are taking place along the south coast whilst also providing an update on government policy concerning marine and coastal planning. Attendees heard from key speakers from both the private and public sector including; Edward Gerry and Andrew Colenutt from New Forest District Council on Solent Shoreline Management Plans and Coastal Management Zones; Richard Plume of Southampton City Council on relevant Major Developments in Southampton; Bernadine Maguire (SCC) on MMOs and Marine Plans; as well as a talk on Port Development in the south. The presentations for the event will be available shortly.

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