Meet the authors: FREE planning law webinars

I’m pleased to be able to let readers of this blog know about a series of four free 'meet the author' planning law webinars that BATH PUBLISHING are broadcasting during May and June. You can listen in to one, two or all four absolutely free, gratis and for nothing!

In each webinar, one of Bath Publishing’s authors will provide a brief review of recent developments and cases and then open proceedings to questions from fellow panellists and the audience.

The series kicks off a week today, on Thursday 21 May with The Environment Bill – what it means for planners & developers by Tom Graham, who will provide a quick introduction to the impact that the Environment Bill will have on planning and development decisions. Tom’s book on the Bill will be published soon after it has received Royal Assent later this year. He also runs a Planning & Environment blog (to which I have just added a link on the sidebar).

I shall then be presenting the second in the series on Thursday 28th May. This will be a Permitted Changes of Use update, when I shall be highlighting some of the recent changes affecting permitted development that have occurred since publication of the Third Edition of my book, A Practical Guide to Permitted Changes of Use last October.

Among the topics I am hoping to cover will be:

• ‘Qualifying’ purpose for PD (New World Pay Phones – Court of Appeal)
• Extending the 56-day period (Gluck v SSHCLG, reversing the Warren Farm judgment)
• “Used solely for agriculture when last in use”, discussing
(a) whether a material change of use is required in order to override a former agricultural use, and
(b) whether it applies in any event after 20 March 2013
• Plans and drawings required for prior approval applications.

There will also be time to put questions to me and to an expert panel if you join us live.

On Thursday 4 June, Peter Edwards of Planning Progress will present a webinar on “Neighbourhood Planning - Key Questions Answered, when he will review some of the key questions for planners, local authorities and parish councils to consider when preparing a neighbourhood plan. Peter is the author of The Power of Neighbourhood Planning (which is due to be published during May).

Peter is the latest recruit to Bath Publishing’s stable of planning law authors. He is a solicitor specialising in planning and related aspects of law. He also runs Planning Progress Limited, a planning and public affairs consultancy that advises a variety of clients from all sectors, and throughout the UK, on planning and the interaction between planning and the environment. He advises a number of parish councils on all aspects of neighbourhood planning.

Finally, on Thursday 11 June, Alistair Mills of Landmark Chambers will present an NPPF Update. Alistair is the author of Interpreting the NPPF. In this webinar, he will update you on the latest policy developments and cases involving the NPPF, and will then take questions from the audience.

As well as being a busy member of the bar, Alistair is an External College Lecturer in Law at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and is an Assistant Editor of the Encyclopedia of Planning Law and Practice. He also maintains a digest of decisions relating to the NPPF on the Landmark Chambers website.

The timing of these seminars varies, so please be sure to check the time that they are due to go out on the relevant date. Full details can be seen on the Bath Publishing website [ https://bathpublishing.com/blogs/what-were-up-to/meet-our-planning-law-authors-free-webinars ] , where you can register to join one or more (or even all four) of these webinars.

We look forward to seeing you.

© MARTIN H GOODALL