Funding Infrastructure for Sustainable Communities

[GD]

www.tcpa.org.uk/conference.htm

Financing the Future: Funding Infrastructure for Sustainable Communities
13th December 2005, London

Without infrastructure there will be no sustainable communities. It must be
delivered to a high quality, in the right places and at the right time. But
how, and by whom? Who will pay?

This conference will give you the opportunity to listen and contribute to
the ideas that are gaining ground in growth areas and elsewhere about just
how to solve this problem.

Is there a single approach, or do we need a family of alternative options,
each suitable for different circumstances?

How can we best lever in private investment and how much of this can be
'free' rather than simply loan finance?

How will the Planning Gain Supplement fit in, if at all? How will central
and local government plan their budgets strategically to support
sustainability?

How will the cash flow of development be funded, given that value increases
after the infrastructure is installed?

How to we give confidence to local communities, to developers and to
government that the vision will be delivered?

All this and more will be revealed, or at least debated, on the 13th
December!

The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) puts social justice and the environment at the heart of the debate about planning policy, housing and energy supply. We inspire government, industry and campaigners to take a fresh perspective on major issues including climate change and
regeneration. We are campaigning for:
- Decent homes in well-designed neighbourhoods;
- Communities empowered to influence the decisions that affect them; and
- A sustainable future.


FINANCING THE FUTURE:
FUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

Town & Country Planning Association / Smith Institute Conference
Tuesday 13th December 2005 - Royal Horticultural Halls, SW1

09.30 Registration & Coffee

09.55 Welcome from the Chair of the Morning session:
Wilf Stevenson, Director, The Smith Institute

10.00 Introductory remarks:
Gideon Amos, Director, TCPA

10.10 Government Address: Funding for Infrastructure & Sustainable
Communities
Yvette Cooper MP, ODPM Invited

10.35 The Developers' Perspective
Liz Peace, Chief Executive, British Property Federation

11.00 Questions

11.20 Coffee

11:40 Piecing Together a Sustainable Community
Prof David Lock, David Lock Associates & Chair TCPA

12.05 Roof Tax: Strategic Land & Infrastructure Contracts

John Walker, Chair Milton Keynes Central Partnership & TCPA

12.30 Panel Session and Questions
Including Paul Hackett, TCPA/former DPM Special Advisor

13.00 Lunch

14:00 Introduction from the Chair of the Afternoon Session:
Peter Hetherington, Regional Affairs Editor, The Guardian &
TCPA Commissioner: 'Vision for England's Future'

14:15 The Mayor's Perspective
Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London

14.40 The Legal Tests
Paul Finch, Partner, Dickinson Dees Law Firm

15.05 The Local Delivery Vehicle Perspective: Bedford Western
Bypass
Chris Watts, Executive Director, Renaissance Bedford

15.30 Panel/ Questions

15.50 Tea & Networking Opportunity

18:30 TCPA Annual Reception at House of Commons - all delegates
invited.

[isenhand]

There's a subject of interest, pity I can't go. Going to give us all a full report after the event?

[GD]

I won?t be going I?m afraid to say. If I lived closer to London I certainly would (I have a wife who is a student, plus a small child, (plus work!) meaning I?m constrained on free time (and sometimes money too) - I know, excuses excuses! Honestly, it really gets on my nerves seeing all these cool events going on in London which I can?t get to. Sometimes I wish I lived there, but remembering PO: I?m also glad I don?t!)

The reason I post these here is that they turn up on my other lists, and I think they would interest peakniks also.

I'll keep an eye out to see if any presentation materials come up.