Planning Inspectorate Newsletter - Issue 5
Inspectors' Annual Meeting 2007
The Inspectorate held its Annual Meeting with Inspectors on 22 and 23 March in Bristol. At this event Inspectors were given an update on current policy thinking by Paul Hudson Chief Planner at Communities and Local Government and Rosemary Thomas Head of Planning at the Welsh Assembly Government. They had a discussion on the practical implications of housing policy under PPS3, providing feedback on their experience to policy colleagues at Communities and Local Government. Lessons learnt from examining Development Plan Documents were exchanged and a very comprehensive presentation and discussion on Climate Change was led by Peter Ellis from Communities and Local Government.
Inspectors Philip Ware and David Smith gave brief presentations on Housing Market Renewal and Planning Obligations respectively; Higher Planning Officer Dave Crook offered some thoughts on the concept of Spatial Planning and Inspector Manager Ben Linscott explained the issues relating to Special Protection Areas in the context of the current examination of the Thames Basin Heath Special Protection Area at the South East Regional Spatial Strategy Examination in Public.
We were pleased to welcome our guests, Tim Corner Chair of the Advisory Panel on Standards, Maire Campbell Chief Commissioner of the Planning Appeals Commission of Northern Ireland, Robert Upton Secretary General of the Royal Town Planning Institute and Gareth Morgan Chair of the Planning & Development Faculty at The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Leonora Rozee
Head of Policy
