Forthcoming events:
9 July - RTPI | Coastal Walk: Sustainability in an eroding landscape, Swanage
In the planning:
- August - Summer boat social
- September - Bridging the Gap: Planning for Gender
- October - Planning for health and wellbeing
- November/December - APC Workshop
Recent events:
The first event of the 2025 new year began with a joint professions quiz night with CIOB, RIBA and RICS on 5 March.
2024 Events
The 8 November was the return of the their annual festive Quiz Night.
On the 30 October 2024 - Halloween Ghost tour of Poole.
"Dorset Young Planners had a very fun and spooky evening on Wednesday night on our guided ghost tour of Old Town Poole and The Quay Our guide shared some really interesting and scary tales of the history of Poole. We had a great turn out with both new and familiar faces and learnt a lot from the tour (alongside a few jump scares!).
A big thank you to Barratt Homes for sponsoring and making the event possible and also a huge thank you to Sophia Dykes for organising such a brilliant event.
The event sadly concluded with Lucy Morgan stepping down as Dorset Young Planners Co-Chair – Lucy has done an exceptional job co-chairing Dorset Young Planners with Phillippa Gatehouse, and we are extremely sad (and jealous) to see her go, and wish her all the best in her travels🧳🌎 Sophia Dykes will be taking her place and, if this event is anything to go off, we've got some great things in store 🤩
Clare Bolton, Chapman Lily Planning
"On the 14 June we had a great waste water treatment works tour in Holdenhurst. It was a great opportunity to follow the process round the treatment works and understand each critical stage.
A huge thank you to Tim Stevens, Jack Potter, Douglas Goodacre, and Jonathan Rayers for speaking at the event and sharing their invaluable insights into the world of wastewater management, and it's connection to planning and the wider environment 🌍
Thank you also to Phillippa Gatehouse and Jack Higson with whom I co-hosted the event, and to tor&co for sponsoring"
Clare Bolton, Chapman Lily Planning
"The Dorset Young Planners had a fun filled and competitive spring social on the 17 April which was well attended by a range of planners from the public and private sectors. We had a fun night at Mr Mulligans in Bournemouth playing crazy golf and networking.
Big thanks to everyone that came along and to Carrington West for their kind sponsorship and for coming along and getting stuck in too.
Looking forward to our next event on nutrient neutrality which will be a bit different and held at the Waste Water Treatment works. You can sign up for this one now, and look out for details of our next social which will be in summertime!"
"On 25 January the Dorset Young Planners had a fascinating evening for our Day of the Dead planning themed event (which was meant to be on the day of the dead last November but the weather had other ideas)!
A huge thank you to Dr James Weir, Steve Wallis, Abby Bryant and Bianca San Martin for coming along sharing your fascinating insights into your practise🙏🏽
Steve shared a presentation on 'The Pit of Doom and other burials', which will included a talk around the executed Vikings from the Weymouth Relief Road and how this fits in with local archaeology, and changing attitudes to the excavation of human remains.
James' talk was titled 'From cemetery to open-air sitting room’: St George’s Gardens, Bloomsbury, which explored the history of the well loved gardens in Bloomsbury which were once burial grounds for nearby churches.
Bianca and Abby shared Top tips if you don’t want the historic environment to be the death of your scheme. They also explored a series of recent projects to chart archaeological opportunities and pitfalls.
Thank you to Savills for sponsoring and hosting the event"