General Assembly meeting in Liverpool 15 July 2009
Notes and presentations from the meeting
NOTES of a meeting of the General Assembly held at the Leggate Lecture
Theatre, University of Liverpool, on Wednesday 15 July 2009.
PRESENT: Martin Willey (President),
Ann Skippers (Senior Vice-President),
Richard Summers (Junior Vice-President),
Janet O’Neill (Immediate Past President).
Janet Askew, David Barraclough, Jan Bessell, Ken Burley, David Chapman, Heather Cheesbrough, Jim Claydon, Michael Crossley, John Esslemont, Sandra Fryer, Peter Geraghty, Clive Harridge, Mike Hayes, Colin Haylock, Bernadette Hillman, Robert Hobbs, Meeta Kaur, David Marshall, Daniel Massey, Hazel McKay, Janice Morphet, James Morris, Janet O’Neill, Cath Ranson, Wayne Reynolds, Glyn Roberts, Leonora Rozee, Chris Shepley, Ann Skippers, Alistair Stark, Des Stephens, Richard Summers, Ron Tate, Andrew Taylor, Pat Thomas, Alan Wenban-Smith, Tony Whitehead, Richard Williamson, Owain Wyn.
Guests: Peter Batey, David Curtis, Timothy Harrison, Michael Napier, Bob Sharples, David Shaw, Sarah Webb.
In attendance: Robert Upton (Secretary General) and other members of RTPI staff.
Apologies for absence: Don Alder, Janthia Algate, Ian Angus, Charlie Collins, Vincent Goodstadt (Honorary Treasurer), Jed Griffiths, John Harvey, Kelvin Hinton, Philip Jackson, Antonia James, Ismail Mohammed, Hector Pearson, Gemma Rhodes, John Scott, Mark Southgate, Graham Stallwood, David Twigg, Peter Wilbraham (Honorary Solicitor and Secretary).
Read the full report by Michael Napier
Documentation
1. Making plans: 100 years of Civic Design - by Peter Batey, Lever Professor of Town and Regional Planning at the University of Liverpool (PDF, 5.7 megabytes)
2. Senior Vice President's presentation: Executive Board update, by Ann Skippers, at the General Assembly, 15 July 2009 (PDF, 240 kilobytes)
3. RTPRTPI-CIH Planning for Housing Network presentation: Issues from Network activities to date (Andrew Matheson, RTPI Network Manager); Widening the debate (Sarah Webb, CIH CEO); Where next for the Network? (Andrew Matheson, RTPI Network Manager). (PDF, 661 kilobytes)
4. Homes and Communities Agency presentation: Housing in Changing Times - an HCA Perspective - by David Curtis, MRTPI, Regional Director Yorkshire and Humber region, 15 July 2009. (PDF, 3.6 megabytes)
5. Recession and the housing markets: short term trough or long term shift? - by Glyn Roberts, Director of Technical Services, North Staffordshire Regeneration Partnership, at the RTPI GA Liverpool, July 2009. (PDF, 337 kilobytes)
6. Meeting housing needs after the crunch: busting some myths - by Alan Wenban-Smith, Urban and Regional Policy. (PDF, 1.2 megabytes)
