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Specialist Lectures and Research

 

I have undertaken specialist research, written and lectured on a range of topics over decades for both public and private sector organisations.

 

I have particular involvement in the caravan holiday and home park sector including town planning and site licencing issues and the economic value of holiday home parks in Britain.

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Lectures have included:

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  • 'From Cowsheds to Castles - Rural Regeneration in the UK' - on behalf of Ruraldania in Denmark (Oct 2009)

  • 'Improving the Capacity of the Planning System' - for RICS (August 2009)

  • 'Rural Planning Policy in LDF's' - for the RTPI (March 2009)

  • 'Paying for Permissions - It Started with a Fee' - RICS South West (2010)

  • 'Planning for Rural Regeneration - Opportunities and Constraints' - RICS (2010)

  • 'Rural Regeneration through Positive Planning' - CLA/RTPI (2010)

  • 'RTPI North West - Rural Update' - (January 2011)

  • 'Public Participation in Planning' - UCLAN (March 2011)

  • 'Rural Planning Issues - One Day Training Course' - Kaplan Hawksmere for Basingstoke Borough Council Planning Department (October 2011)

  • 'The National Planning Policy Framework - An Overview' - UCLAN (November 2011)

  • 'The High Street is Dead, Long Live the High Street' - UCLAN (March 2012)

  • 'How to Survive the New Planning System' - CIOB (November 2012)

  • 'Pubs and Planning' - West Midlands Licencing Institute (June 2013)

  • 'Maximising Farm and Estate Business Through the Town Planning System' - Farm Business Innovation Show (Oct 2013)

  • 'Planning for Rural Regeneration - Opportunities and Constraints'  - Rural Revitalisation Conference (June 2014)

  • 'Holiday Park & Resort Innovation Show' - Specialist speaker. NEC (November 2016)

 

I have made submissions on a variety of Government consultation documents including  the Matthew Taylor Report "Living Working Countryside" (2008); 

 

Since 2012 I have been providing 2-day workshops in the Philippines and Asia on:

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  • Planning for New Towns

  • Future City Development

  • Public - Private Partnerships

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i am currently researching for a workshop on 'Informal Settlements and Slum Regeneration'

 

I would be very happy to provide a specific quotation for bespoke pieces of research work or provide a lecture on town planning, tourism or rural regeneration issues.

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