Wed 25/05/22, 9.30am–12.30pm
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We will consider the challenges in delivering improvements to London's air quality and present innovative air quality improvement projects and programmes, including low emission streets and neighbourhoods.
Wed 26/01/22
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We will consider current planning policy, legislation and guidance and outline useful planning conditions in relation to trees and development.
Agenda
09.45 Registration
10.00 Welcome & Introduction, Paul Dodd (UDL)
10.10 Planning Policy & Trees update, Anne Jaluzot (Independent Green Infrastructure Planning Consultant)
10.30 How to develop a Tree Strategy, Anne Jaluzot (Independent Green Infrastructure Planning Consultant)
11.00 Developer Perspectives, Andrew Taylor (Countryside)
11.25 Delivering Green Infrastructure through Planning, Howard Gray (GreenBlue Urban)
11.30 Break
11.40 Local Authority Perspectives, Chryse Tinsley (Leicester City Council)
12.10 Protecting London’s Street Trees, Michelle Ryan (TFL)
13.00 Close
Thu 11/11/21, 10am–12.30pm
Zoom
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Proposed changes to the planning system include the preparation of design codes to improve the quality of planning applications and speed up the planning process. This session will consider the key elements of a street code for green infrastructure.
Agenda:
10.00 Welcome, Paul Dodd (UDL)
10.10 Planning Policy Update, Hannah Williams (Principal Ecologist, WSP)
10.30 Planning for and Establishing Healthy Trees, Sue James (TDAG)
11.00 Break
11.10 Coding Streets for Blue Infrastructure, Helen McHollan (Associate Director, Illman Young Landscape Design)
11.30 Green Codes for Residential Development: Welborne Garden Village, Jemma Hall (LDA Design)
11.50 Sighthill: Delivering Green Infrastructure through Landscape Led Masterplanning, Rory Wilson (LDA Design)
12.10 Street Trees, Highways and Underground Services: In Detail, Ian Hingley (Urban Movement)
12.30 Close
Thu 30/09/21, 9.30am–12.30pm
Zoom
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This hands-on session will explain why we need an Urban Greening Factor (UGF) and include workshops on how to apply the UGF to a variety of development sites and contexts.
Agenda
09.30 Welcome, Paul Dodd, UDL
09.40 What’s new?, Rebecca Moberly, PAS
10.10 The London Plan Policies and the Urban Greening
Factor Unpacked, Samantha Davenport, GLA
10.50 Break
11.00 Learning from emerging best practice, Samantha Paul, Spacehub
12.00 Discussion: We will discuss these recent advances in policy and guidance and reflect on what else we might do to help create more sustainable development
12.30 Close
Wed 14/07/21, 9.30am–12.30pm
Online
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Workspaces that offer people accessible, connected and productive amenity space to meet and work in will be a priority in the coming years. Here we will investigate recent trends in biodiverse workspaces and highlight best practice examples and case studies from the UK and abroad.
Agenda includes:
- A Greener Place, A Healthier Place
- Katie Le Chevalier, Planteria Group.
- Re-thinking the Bürolandschaft
- Heike Neurohr, Hawkins Brown.
- Detailing Long Life Green Workspaces
- Leighton Pace, Exterior Architecture.
- Biodiverse City
- Rosie Sargen, Spacehub.
Thu 24/06/21
Online
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We will be taking a small group of delegates to see some best practice examples of green walls and green roofs in central London. We are planning to film the event and broadcast the footage during an online Lunch & Learn session on June 30th when delegates will get the opportunity to discuss the film and quiz our guides and green infrastructure experts – Dusty Gedge and Russell Hearsum.