PAS delivers a programme of councillor support focused on the different elements of planning.
When we announce details and dates of Planning specific sessions for councillors we publish them on this page. Please also see our webpage dedicated to Planning Committee support
In addition, the LGA runs a wider support programme for councillors.
Planning Leadership Essentials - Councillor Training Residential Courses
Planning Leadership Essentials are back! We are again delivering our legendary LGA Leadership Essentials councillor training sessions. We are going to deliver a few different sessions over the coming year, with different focuses and with potentially different councillor audiences. The two day residential sessions allow us to focus on a specific role or topic within the planning process and bring together a range of speakers, exercises and open discussions for a group of councillors from across the country. Places are limited on each event.
Good Planning Committees and Planning Committee Chairs – 20th & 21st July 2024, Warwick University.
The first Leadership Essential session we will be running is a return of one of our most popular (and most fun) courses which is focused on the role of Planning Committee Chairs. It will be held at in Warwick University Conference Centre over the weekend of 20th & 21st July 2024. The two day course helps councillors who are chairs of planning committee understand the key characteristics of a good committee and develop their skills as a chair, as well as giving updates on new challenges and agendas in the planning process such as Biodiversity Net Gain, new performance regimes, housing numbers and delivery.
The sessions will be useful to both new and experience planning committee chairs and vice chairs.
The two-day residential course will be delivered in person, and this year we'll be trialling access to a short online warm-up session before the in-person session to all those who are attending.
There is a cost to access the session but it is being subsidised by DLUHC, so places are only £200. This covers all access to the course content, food for the weekend and accommodation for the Saturday evening (anyone wishing to attend on the Friday evening will be required to pay a small extra cost)
To find out more or to book a place, please contact: [email protected] There are only limited places so book your place as soon as possible.
We will also be looking to hold future sessions later in the year on:
- Planning and the environment; Biodiversity Net Gain, Planning and Net Zero, Local Nature Recovery Strategies, …and so much more – Date TBC but sometime in Autumn
- Delivering Planning in 2024 and beyond for portfolio holders and place leaders; Plan Making, Delivery, Planning Sector Capacity and Skills, …. and so much more – Date TBC but sometime in Winter