South West Young Planners
James Holbrook has been the South West Representative since October 2006. One of his roles involves trying to organise a number of events in 2008 to facilitate networking within the region.
In 2007, we held a number of successful events in the South West including the following:
March 2007: An evening event held Bristol providing an overview of the Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) for the South West and Tests of Soundness. This was a successful event with approximately 50 people attending the event which included refreshments in the Arup office atrium and presentations by Dr. Geoff Walker (UWE, Bristol) and Chris Stratford (Arup).
April 2007: An informal Networking Event sponsored by AndersElite held in the Berkeley Square Hotel, Bristol, attended by approximately 20 Young Planners from the public and private sector. Free drinks were provided as well as live music!
July 2007: An evening event held at Foot Ansteys offices in Exeter was attended by approximately 60 people and included an element of CPD with presentations from Karen Trickey (Foot Anstey), Ian Awcock (WSP) and Bernie Foulkes (LDA Design). The presentations were varied and informative, providing legal updates, outlining the new Manual for Streets and discussing Masterplanning using Millbay in Plymouth as the main case study. Following the presentations, delegates moved to a nearby Wine Bar where free drinks and nibbles were provided.
We are intending to hold further events throughout 2008 and therefore if you consider that you may be able to help organise an event in your part of the region, or you may have views as to how the South West could become more active then please do not hesitate to contact James.
Read about us in the RTPI South West newsletter, Branchout. (PDF)
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