In early March 2023 PAS hosted the annual PAS Chief Planners Conference in Sheffield, focusing on a range of topics relating the sector reform, planning and the environment.
The 2023 annual PAS Chief Planners Conference was held on the 2nd and 3rd March 2023 at a time of key changes for the sector. The focus of the conference was on the planning reform agenda and the present challenges of local planning authority services.
It was held in Sheffield and included a fantastic walking tour of the city hosted by Sheffield City Council.
PAS would like to extend our thanks to all the speakers and facilitators that contributed across the two days, and all the staff from Sheffield City Council that supported the event. We would especially like to thank all the attendees at the conference for their fantastic contributions, insights, shared experiences and advice. We at PAS are very aware that the annual conferences' biggest attribute is the networking and opportunity for shared ideas and thoughts.
Please do find below the presentations from most of the sessions (there are a couple that we can't shared as they are a bit secret - if you were there then you probably know the ones ;-)). We hope you find these useful.
Day 1: 2nd March
Conference intro
Session 1: An update on the reforms and the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill - David Waterhouse, DLUHC
Session 2: Future proof your local plan - Martin, PAS & David Coleman, DAC
Sessions 3 & 4: Repeated Workshop Sessions
Session 3&4A: Solving the pre app problem - Peter, PAS & HYAS
Session 3&4B: Local Plan – making the numbers work - Martin, Shelly & Rachael FJ, PAS
Session 3&4C: Redesigning the planning system - Richard, PAS
TBA
Session 3&4D: Peer Reviews: delivering planning reform for LPAs - Garreth & Steve, PAS, Sarah Scannell, Birmingham & Tracy Drake, Shropshire.
Session 5: The Challenges and Opportunities; Panel Discussion - Steve, PAS, Alice Lester, Brent, Tracy Darke, Shropshire & Karen Syrett, Colchester
Day 2: 3rd March
Welcome - Rebecca & Krista, PAS
Session 1: DEFRA; Planning and the Environment - Lucy Hancock, DEFRA
Session 2: Planning for the Environment Panel Sessions - Roy, PAS, Mark Dickens, LCRCA, Maurice Brophy, Lancaster, Dave Roberts, DLUHC, Lucy Hancock DEFRA, & Emma Goodings, Braintree
Session 3: Workshop sessions.
3A. Area Character, Density & Digital - Steve & Richard, PAS, Alasdair Rae, Automatic Knowledge
TBA
3B. Infrastructure Levy – Affordable Housing - Rachael FJ, PAS & Laurence Martindale, DLUHC
TBA
3C. EOR/ Environmental Assessment – its’s not rocket science - Shelly, PAS
3D. Speaker’s Corner - Peter, PAS
Session 4: Your agenda – rising stars and chief planners’ workshops; help us ruminate on our thinking