The planning system: The UK’s greatest adaptation opportunity?

This event will bring together national and local policy experts to provide insight on how we can begin to achieve the vision outlined above.

1. Consider the opportunities and barriers that national planning policy gives us towards the integration and acceleration of transformational adaptation within local planning policy, and how limitations with that policy can be overcome.
2. Discuss how local planning and government reform may provide an opportunity for a stronger emphasis on adaptation within the planning system.
3. Clarify the role and expectations of local councils in terms of embedding adaptation into Local Plans and standards for new developments based on the new NPPF, what support exists to enable this, and how we can go further to meet the reality of climate change.
4. Showcase local, innovative practice on embedding adaptation into new developments, demonstrating what can be done within the existing policy landscape and resourcing constraints.
5. Gain your feedback to identify what outputs we can create within the MACC programme that can have result in accelerating transformational change.

Our primary audience is local planning officers from local authorities, those who support the local planning process and national government departments and arm’s length bodies who influence local planning decisions. Others outside of this audience will be considered on a case-by-case basis.