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Training for Planners in the South West - Planning Policy Statement 1 and Climate Change

[Posted: 27 October 2009]

Across the UK, local authority planners are dealing with new targets for renewable energy and sustainable buildings, getting to grips with the implications of emerging technologies and evolving government policies, including the forthcoming new Planning Policy Statement 1 on climate change. CAG Consultants have just been appointed by South West Councils to prepare training resources for planners on Planning Policy Statement 1. 

This project will run in parallel with the AECOM consortium’s work for South West Councils to prepare an online toolkit for planners, on sustainable energy and climate change adaptation. The training will be targeted at forward planning officers, development control officers and elected members involved in determining planning applications. It will be pitched at a range of levels, depending on participants’ experience, and is likely to be made available online as well as through training workshops. 

Please contact Mary Anderson on 01892 619070 or at ma@cagconsult.co.uk if you would like to know more about this project.