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RTPI South East CPD Day - HYBRID SEMINAR

Building Excellence in Practice
17 June 2025 at 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM / London / South East England / England / South West England / Conference / Online
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Date
17 June 2025 at 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Venue
The Guildford Pavilion, The Sports Ground, Woodbridge Road, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom, GU1 4RP
Price from
£60.00
Organiser
RTPI South East | [email protected]

HYBRID EVENT: Join us in-person or virtually – choose an option to suit your professional needs.

Enhance your planning expertise at our comprehensive full-day CPD seminar. This event has been put together based on direct member feedback, covering the precise topics you've told us matter most in today's challenging planning landscape.

With sessions on flooding regulations, rural planning, approaches to sustainable regeneration and important legislative updates, this event delivers exactly what practicing planners need right now.

Whether you're looking to sharpen your technical or professional knowledge, or navigate complex practice issues, this event allows you to customise your learning experience while connecting with fellow planning professionals in a collaborative environment.

Click here for the draft programme

Flooding:

  • Recent changes to sequential testing in the NPPF and the updated flood maps
  • Flood alleviation scheme implementation
  • Flood Risk Assessment (FRAs) for Planning application and Sequential testing

Rural Planning:

  • The practicalities of planning in rural areas, particularly from an ecological perspective, and how the Environmental Act influences these considerations
  • Shaping the Countryside – Recent Innovations in Rural Planning
  • Grey Belt

Regeneration and shaping sustainable communities:

  • Heritage in an urban setting or coastal regeneration
  • Modular House Building

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill:

  • What's next for the Planning and Infrastructure Bill
  • Legal update

Interactive debate:

  • The Past, Present, and Future of Planning System Reorganisation and Devolution.

Speakers include:

  • Nicole Gullan, Abtech
  • George Eustice,Penbroath Ltd
  • Gary Mickelborough, Bloomfields Ltd
  • Brendan McCarthy, Ridge and Partners
  • Veronica James, Environment Agency
  • Kevin Leigh, Thomas Moore Chambers
  • Sam Wood, DLA
  • Ron Tate, Retired
  • Mark James, Thanet District Council
  • Pat Steward, Agile properties  
  • Nick Paterson-Neild, Stantec
  • Claire Tester, SDNPA
  • and more

Members summer reception.

The event will be followed by drinks reception. RTPI members are invited to join us at a free drinks reception from 5.30pm -7.00 pm. Please book your place here  SE members summer reception in Guildford.   Complimentary tickets are also available to non-members attending the CPD day. Email  [email protected] to book a place.

Accessibility 

The Guildford Pavilion is a 10 minutes walk from Guildford station. More details can be found here: The Guildford Pavilion | Guildford's Events Venue

The RTPI is committed to providing an inclusive working environment for all members, staff and visitors. For further accessibility information, please contact your Regional Co-ordinator: [email protected].