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Built Environment Careers Fair
All you need to know about a career in planning and the built environment!
This Fair will showcase the fantastic career opportunities within planning and the built environment that studying Geography can lead to. Leading young planners and developers will be joining from across the region to inform students, parents, teachers, and careers advisors about this innovative sector and the exciting opportunities available.
The Fair will include drop-in/drop out talks by young professionals and leading innovators, accompanied by an exhibition of stalls by leading local businesses and local authorities, where attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and network.
Highlights include:
Talks on cutting-edge planning projects;
A panel of graduate planners;
An expo featuring leading built environment professionals and local authorities;
The opportunity to talk to recently qualified Planners about their academic and professional journey, and get personalised advice on how to enter the sector;
The opportunity to network and gain work experience.
See full programme and sign up on the Eventbrite page:
Attendance is ticket only - so grab yours now!
The Cambridgeshire Space Race: The Search for Industrial Employment Space
This seminar, organised in collaboration with Endurance Estates, shed light on the key aspects of the shortage of industrial property in Cambridge and what can be done to address it.
The increasing demand for industrial properties, limited availability, rising costs, and the impact on economic growth have become significant concerns for businesses and organisations in Cambridge seeking suitable spaces for their operations in recent years. The rise of higher value uses such as life sciences and residential means that there is a pressing need for adequate space to support both traditional and advanced manufacturing sectors.
Watch the full seminar on the CDF Youtube to find out what needs to be done to address this urgent issue.
CDF Members Meeting
Agenda
1. To update following the last Forum meeting:
- East Cambs Single Issue Review
- Water resources
2. Planning Performance Agreements
Following the discussion with Joanna Averley, Chief Planner, to consider how the CDF should convey views on PPA ; based on a paper from Miles Price of British Land and briefing on use of PPA by the Greater Cambridge Shared Planning from Heather Jones.
3. Update on the Greater Cambridge Local Plan from Stephen Kelly and Heather Jones of Greater Cambridge Shared Planning.
4. Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill:
-Update from the Chair and discussion of views on the Infrastructure Levy, based on the CDF response to the Technical Consultation on the Infrastructure Levy and the update note circulated on 10th July
- further issues to be considered in anticipation of the Report Stage debates on Part 3 (Planning) of the Bill in September, including housing supply, joint spatial development strategies, National Development Management Policies and ‘ Hillside’.
5. Update on preparations for the CDF/RGS Careers event on 1st November [ a working group meeting will work up further details on 21st July. The involvement of Members in that will be very welcome]
Date of next meeting: Friday 29 September
CDF Members Meeting
Agenda:
1. Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Following Committee Stage, Lord Lansley will set out the principal areas of debate in the sections on housing and planning. He will in particular set out the current situation on the ‘ Hillside’ issue, on the Infrastructure Levy and on the approach to the Government’s Housing targets. The timing of the Lords Report Stage has not yet been announced. This will lead into a discussion in which further views from CDF members, particularly on the Housing target, up-to-date -plans, the Standard Method and the NDMP will be welcome.
2. Biodiversity Net Gain
A discussion will be led by contributions from Oliver Lewis, founder of ‘Joe’s Blooms’ who support small property developers in meeting their biodiversity net gain plans; and from Angus Walker, CDF member and from BDP Pitmans.
3. Promoting planning and development as a career for young people
Sally Lansley will update members on initiatives to promote careers in our sector.
CDF Members Meeting
Today we offer a warm welcome to Rachel Maclean Minister of State for Housing and Planning.
Agenda
Welcome and introduction to the CDF
Summary presentation on the development context in the Cambridge region. Andy Moffat Planning Director, Savills.
Securing alignment of plans including the wider travel-to-work area , transport plans and utilities.
The current issues of water resources and water neutrality.
Housing supply, plan-making and the NPPF consultation.
Environmental Factors in plan-making, including adaptations to Net Zero and the challenges of the existing housing stock.
Employment sites in plan-making and the opportunities and challenges in the Cambridgeshire region.
Resourcing the planning system , including young planners and planning performance agreements.
East Cambs Single Issue Review and the anomaly of a limited 5-year review but no new Plan process.
Government plans for large new settlements in the region and the creation of Development Corporations.
CDF Members Meeting
We have a very busy, informative agenda for this meeting. We look forward to welcoming Peter Freeman of Homes England, Richard Bacon MP and Will Gallaher from East West Rail.
Agenda
09.00 Introduction and update on the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill
09.10 - 09.40 – Will Gallagher, East West Rail
09.40 - 10.10 Richard Bacon MP
10.10 -10.50 Peter Freeman, Homes England
10.50 - Close
CDF Members Meeting
We look forward to a presentation from Adam Broadway, Managing Director of Instinctively Green Ltd about affordable housing.
Cambridgeshire County Day
Join us on 23rd June at the Cambridgeshire County Day where the CDF will be hosting an exhibition stand displaying our latest activities and those of our members who will be chatting careers, their latest projects, and community building in our region.
Stop by at stand 48 for to enjoy a drink, a bite to eat, and take part in our Lego competition!
Register for your FREE ticket here.
Cambridgeshire County Day will be taking place from 9.30am to 4pm, Thursday 23 June 2022, Newmarket July Course, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire CB8 0XE.
Cambridgeshire Development Forum Summer Reception
We are delighted we can gather our members and their guests to meet for the first time in 2021, enjoying the wonderful view over the Cambridge Colleges.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 2021 Mayoral Election: The Development Debate
This webinar gave an opportunity for each of the candidates to present and discuss their campaign proposals on key development issues in the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area. The event then opened up to a wider discussion and questions from key stakeholders and organisations with an interest in this area.
Central Cambridge: Prospect for Recovery
This webinar focused on the future development of central Cambridge, particularly in a post-COVID-19 context. It considered the consequences of the sudden change to working from home on the City’s office and retail sectors; what impact those changes might have in the longer term and on development of central Cambridge’s built environment; and the factors that will support the City’s recovery in the new post-COVID world.
Planning for the Future: the Cambridgeshire Debate
With the aim of formulating the Forum’s response to the Government’s recent ‘Planning for the Future’ White Paper, the webinar included a discussion from a panel with expertise of the key issues, leading to a wider discussion with Forum members and invited guests.
CDF Design Workshop
CDF will host its first Design Workshop on Friday, 17 May 2019 at the Downing College, Cambridge. The event will gather place-making experts from all over Cambridgeshire to discuss forward-looking, innovative and sustainable settlements.