Neighbourhood Planning - The Pitfalls of Policy Writing and How to Avoid Them

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Course Category: Community Development, Community Planning

price

  • £54.49: Members of Devon Communities Together
  • £76.05: Charities, Community Groups or Parish and Town Councils that are not members of Devon Community Together
  • £103.00: Private Sector organisations and Statutory Local Authorities

course description

  • Introduction 
  • Policy drafting:
  • Looking at NPPF and Policy Guidance on policy drafting
  • Workshop looking at case studies of good/bad policies and how to draft good ones.
  • Workshop on community aspirations/ projects how and where to include them in a Neighbourhood Plan.
  •  An explanatory session of what Examiners are looking for and what is within their remit e.g. to suggest modifications
  • Session on what happens once the plan is made i.e. how policies are used and interpreted
  • Q and A

aims and objectives

  • Increased confidence in drafting Neighbourhood Plan policies
  • Understanding of the Examiners Remit
  • Greater awareness of the impact policies can have on land use after the plan is made

about your tutor

Jo Widdecombe

Jo is a chartered town planner with over fifteen years of planning expertise, having been a Senior Development Management Officer at East Devon District Council and most recently supported in excess of nineteen neighbourhoods towards the goal of producing a draft neighbourhood plan (at least three of which, have passed Examination). For the past 5 years has been employed by Planning Aid England, as a Planning Advisor, focused on delivering planning support to community groups; including amongst other things facilitating community workshops and delivering training sessions on the neighbourhood planning process; latterly, as a freelance private consultant providing plan making support including reviewing plans, drafting policies and acting as critical friend.

Deborah Mc Cann

Deborah is a Chartered Town Planner and Chartered Surveyor with over 30 years experience of the Public, Private and Voluntary sector primarily working in the South West. She is an NPIERS examiner and has carried out over 30 Neighbourhood Plan Examinations and a number of Hearings. She also uses her experience as an examiner to work with communities to develop their Neighbourhood Plans.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

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