Previous events

2013 Reports

Yorkshire Conference Series

Appeals and Inquiries: practical perspectives

Held in York on 27 February 2013.

Read the report

Yorkshire Practice Seminars

The Green Deal - for Planners (and others)

Held in Hull on 6 March 2013.

• Read the report
• Download the presentations

2012 Reports

Yorkshire Conference Series 

• Localism and Neighbourhood Planning. Held in Sheffield on 6 December 2012. Conference Report (pdf, 83kb)
• Annual Planning Law Update conference. Held in Leeds on 15 November 2012. Conference Report (pdf, 217kb)  
• Urban Design and Planning. Held in Leeds on 17 October 2012. Conference Report (pdf, 77kb)
• More than local - the new strategic agenda? Held in Harrogate on 19 September 2012. Conference Report (pdf, 158kb)
• Contingency Planning and Water Management. Held in Leeds on 20 June 2012. Conference Report (pdf, 82kb)
• The Localism Act and Development Management - the annual Development Management Law Conference. Held in York on 23 May 2012. Conference Report (pdf, 223kb)
• Delivering Infrastructure through Planning. Held in Leeds on 26 April 2012. Conference Report (pdf, 132kb)
• Green Fields and Spaces: Incorporating Green Infrastructure into Planning. Held in Leeds on 22 February 2012. Conference Report (pdf, 127kb). An update and focus on lcoal delivery (pdf, 1mb) Presentation from Ed Dyson, Defra.

Yorkshire Practice Seminars

• Transforming Halifax's Piece Hall. Held in Halifax on 18 July 2012. Seminar report (pdf, 104kb) 
• Neighbourhood Planning - what's new? Held in Leeds on 3 July 2012. Seminar report (pdf, 201kb)
• Regeneration of Scarborough's South Bay. Held in Scarborough on 21 June 2012. Seminar report (pdf, 156kb)
• Development Viability. Held in Leeds on 10 May 2012. Seminar report (pdf, 118kb)

2011 Reports

Yorkshire Conference Series

December's event was on Neighbourhood Planning in the Big Society held in Sheffield on 8 December. Read the conference report (pdf, 222kb)

November's event was on Planning Law Update held at the Leeds College of Music on 17 November. Read the report (pdf, 61kb) 

October's event was on Rural Planning: A Balancing Act? David Alexander's presentation on The Rural Challenge - next steps for planning practice (pdf) can be downloaded. 

We held our May event in York on Development Management Law, supported by Cobbetts. John Moritz gave a presentation entitled 'Hi-De'Hi!: Chalet Developments in Rural Areas'. You can see his presentation here. At the same conference, Martin Kingston QC and Christopher Young gave a presentation to RTPI members on 'The Localism Bill and Spatial Planning: A view from the Sharp End'. It is available here.

Localism & open source planning - what it means in practice was the title of our 14th July conference at Leeds College of Music. Read the report 'Crisis - what crisis?' here

Yorkshire Practice Seminars

In 2011 we provided a series of low-cost CPD based seminars and workshops for over 350 delegates on topics as diverse as Marine Planning, Community Engagement and Life and Times of a Planning Inspector!  Typically, these are early evening and/or half day events to complement the well established and respected RTPI Yorkshire Conference Series and provide good networking opportunities.

Events have included a Career Support Workshop in Leeds in October, and Community Engagement in Planning under Lcoalism in Leeds in November.

We held an event on Flooding and Water - Managing the Risk on 29 June in Huddersfield. Following on from Planning Policy Statement 25 (PPS25), the Environment Agency has provided updated Flood Risk Standing Advice (pdf). This seminar brought this advice, along with current practice, up to the minute and added a planning policy perspective, a focus on EIA, and the importance of FRA and environmental impact  in the planning process.

The RTPI held an event on Corporate Membership & the Assessment of Professional Competence earlier in the year.