Event Calendar
Our Event Calendar shows you all the upcoming events in TRA's inter-authority training programmes.
Scroll down to see a month by month listing.
September 2019
A Beginner's Guide to Processing Planning Applications
Venue: The Wesley, London
Use of Conditions: necessary, precise and enforceable?
Venue: The Wesley, London
Supporting Health and Wellbeing through Planning New
Venue: The Wesley, London
October 2019
A Forum on Enforcement
Venue: Manchester Meeting Place, Manchester
Module 3: The Enforcement Toolkit
Venue: Madingley Hall, Cambridge
November 2019
The Basics of Planning
Venue: Edinburgh Training & Conference Centre, Edinburgh
Effective Planning Appeals
Venue: Edinburgh Training & Conference Centre, Edinburgh
Development in the Green Belt
Venue: The Wesley, London
Understanding and Enforcing Outdoor Advertisement Control New
Venue: The Wesley, London
January 2020
Design in Planning Applications: how to add value
Venue: Manchester Meeting Place, Manchester
February 2020
Module 4: Dealing with Challenges and Enforcing Compliance
Venue: Madingley Hall, Cambridge
March 2020
The Basics of Planning
Venue: The Wesley, London
An Introduction to Masterplanning
Venue: The Wesley, London
June 2020
Module 1: The Enforcement of Control
Venue: Madingley Hall, Cambridge
October 2020
Module 2: Unauthorised Development
Venue: Madingley Hall, Cambridge
Training and Professional Development
TRA is the UK's leading provider of practitioner-presented training for the town planning field.
We offer training:
- on an inter-authority basis - with events run at venues around England and Scotland
- on an in-house basis - where we deliver training on your premises.
Our main audience is local authority planning staff but we also provide a significant amount of training for elected members and town and parish councillors and offer various briefing sessions for other non-planners with an interest in the planning system.
Support Services
As well as training and professional development, TRA provides a range of other support services for local planning authorities including:
- Neighbourhood Plans - independent examination service
- Community Infrastructure Levy - independent examination service
- Service Reviews - external reviews of development management procedures, structure and organisation
- Planning Jobs Boards - a free advertising service for public sector vacancies
- Planning Admin Network - an online Discussion Forum on the administration of the planning system
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