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Our Special Guest this week, returning for a fourth time, is Joanna Averley, Chief Planner at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. We ask Joanna about the current and pending reforms to planning law and policy. An Appeal Decision involving Churchill Retirement Living against Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council regarding planning permission for redevelopment to form a multigenerational community comprising 177 open market, affordable and retirement living apartments, 237 square metres of Class E commercial space, communal facilities, access, car parking, landscaping and all associated works at the former Southern Gas Network Site, Christchurch. The appeal was made under section 78 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) against a failure to give notice within the prescribed period of a decision on an application for planning permission.A Decision of the Secretary of State for Transport on the proposed expansion of Luton Airport. The application would grant development consent for the expansion of London Luton Airport to enable an increase in overall passenger capacity to 32 million passengers per year. The application also includes the construction of a new passenger terminal, additional aircraft stands and associated redevelopment of existing facilities and infrastructure. An Appeal Decision involving Galliford Try Investments (GTI) against the decision of Milton Keynes Council with the view to demolish a vacant 2-storey building (Class E) and the erection of a 33-storey building comprising commercial floor space (Class E) on the ground floor and mezzanine level with residential units on upper floors comprising up to 302 dwellings and associated works, at Jaipur and Orchard Lounge, 599 Grafton Gate, Milton Keynes. The appeal was made under section 78 of the Town and Country Planning (T&CP) Act 1990 (as amended) against a refusal to grant planning permission.Visit our Website:hwgpnfy.com

Welcome to a new era of the podcast edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement with an experiment in sending these out on a Monday morning as opposed to a Saturday afternoon. I'm Sean Tubbs, the host and producer and employee-of-the-month at Town Crier Productions.The reality is that most people who experience this information do so by scanning words arranged into paragraphs which works out well because that means I can get more editions out faster.But many of the stories are produced by piecing together snippets of sound from meetings of local and regional government. Thirty years ago when I gained my first professional experience, this would be done by slicing bits of tape and assembling them together and recorded to a cartridge. The technology has morphed so many times since then, each of the audio versions you here harken back to days gone by.Enough of this introduction. Let's move on to the actual show going out on December 16, 2024.In this installment:* Charlottesville City Council briefed on upcoming spending on housing and infrastructure (learn more)* The UVA Finance Committee signs off on North Grounds Parking Garage, Ivy Road student housing (learn more)* Albemarle Supervisors vote to join Regional Transit Authority (learn more)* Council briefed on status of negotiations with VEO for scooter/e-bike permit (learn more)* Rumble strips at Nelson County intersection subject of concern (learn more)* New NDS director previews departmental website for Charlottesville PC (learn more)Every so often there is a podcast edition that goes out in the main feed. This is that version. Sign up if you want all of it. First shout-out: Celebrating the community's other information organizations!In today's first shout-out in the form of a house ad, I want to make sure everyone knows that every edition of the regular newsletter (not the podcast ones) ends with a section called Reading Material. Charlottesville Community Engagement is just one offering in a landscape that includes the Charlottesville Daily Progress, C-Ville Weekly, Charlottesville Tomorrow, and Cville Right Now, I curate links from these sources because I believe a truly informed community needs multiple perspectives.There's also the Cavalier Daily, Vinegar Hill Magazine, the Fluvanna Review, the Crozet Gazette, NBC29, CBS19, and other sources. But if you look every day, you'll find links to articles in national publications, all linked to give you more perspectives on some of the issues of our times.Checking in on the spreadsheet that runs the information!Second shout-out: Cvillepedia!Cvillepedia is an online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this second shout-out today is to provide a little bit about what I know. I helped create the website back in the late 2000's as a way of keeping track of all of the stories being written for the nonprofit news organization I worked for at the time.Now Cvillepedia is hosted by the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library under the stewardship of the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society. There are over 6,500 articles and we need volunteers to help keep it up to date and to capture more of this community's history, present, and future.If you want to learn how to do research, learn how to explore historical documents, and want some experience writing, consider becoming a volunteer.As a little teaser, here's some of what's listed for December 16 throughout the years.Events: * 1937 – After repair and re-installation, the "Great Clock", termed “a masterpiece of backwoods ingenuity,” designed by Thomas Jefferson and built by Philadelphia clockmaker Peter Spruck in 1792, once again beat out the hours on the big bell in the dome at Monticello.* 1975 – Blenheim, a 19th century structure in Albemarle County, is listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register.* 2004 – The historic Paramount Theater reopens after a $14 million restoration.* 2008 – Albemarle County Board of Supervisors hold a retreat at which they get a lesson on the development of the county's Comprehensive Plan. David Benish, the County's Chief Planner at the time, traced the evolution of the Comprehensive Plan. Benish said the County's growth management policy stems from the adoption of the first plan in 1971.[1] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit communityengagement.substack.com/subscribe

Back in March 2024 friend of the podcast Catriona Riddell gave a lecture at UCL's Bartlett School of Planning that she called ‘Strategic Planning in England - Where did we go so wrong?'. Sam Stafford couldn't be there that night, but Catriona shared her slides on LinkedIn and they read to Sam almost like a ‘Brief History of Planning 2010-2024', which he thought a good subject for an episode. As well as Catriona, who was Director of Planning at the South East England Regional Assembly when the Coalition Government came to power in 2010, Sam approached another friend of podcast, Steve Quartermain, Chief Planner between 2008 and 2020, who was also keen to be involved. Sam felt though that a political perspective on things was also needed so he approached Greg Clark. Greg was appointed Director of Policy for the Conservative Party in 2001 before being elected as MP for Royal Tunbridge Wells in 2005. He has held a number of senior Government roles, including, and of most relevance to planners, Minister for Decentralisation and Cities within the Department for Communities and Local Government between May 2010 and September 2012 and Secretary of State for CLG between May 2015 and July 2016. Greg was also briefly Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities between July 2022 and September 2022. Greg, pleasingly, was also keen to be involved, and the four of them finally got together at Soho Radio Studios in early October 2024. There were many, many topics of possible conversation in Sam's notes for the recording. They did not actually get to the latter part of the 2010-2024 period, so they did not get to, for example, the Standard Method, the 2020 White Paper, and the Theresa Villiers / LURB amendments brouhaha, but that was because they ended up dwelling on arguably the big three topics of that 2010-2024 period, which are the revocation of the Regional Strategies, Localism and the NPPF. They did also touch, right at the end of the conversation, on permitted development rights. Standby for insights into what Eric Pickles had DCLG staff do on his first day at the Department, the amount of thought that was given to what would replace the RSSs (spoiler alert, not much…) and how the NPPF came into being… Some accompanying reading. Has the localism genie been put back in the bottle? https://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2024/09/has-localism-genie-been-put-back-in.html Some accompanying viewing. Catriona's Bartlett School of Planning lecture - Strategic planning in England: where did we go so wrong? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D2xXMwVNrk Jerry's Final Thought https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7h0mIy6Jho Some accompanying listening. The Wheel – Bill Callahan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPjxq2-j6xY 50 Shades T-Shirts! If you have listened to Episode 45 of the 50 Shades of Planning you will have heard Clive Betts say that... 'In the Netherlands planning is seen as part of the solution. In the UK, too often, planning is seen as part of the problem'. Sam said in reply that that would look good on a t-shirt and it does. Further details can be found here: http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2021/07/50-shades-of-planning-t-shirts.html Any other business. Sam is on Bluesky (@samuelstafford.bsky.social) and Instagram (@samuel__stafford). His blog contains a link to his newsletter.

Mitchell is a principal with McAdams, a land planning and design company. He is responsible for providing advisory services in urban planning, parks, and public space planning. He is an award-winning planner with more than 39 years of experience and is internationally recognized for his leadership and contributions to contemporary planning issues. He is a prolific public speaker and specializes in urban planning, placemaking, and implementation strategies. Before joining McAdams, Mitchell served as the commissioner for the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation; Chief Planning Officer in Raleigh, NC and served as president of the American Planning Association and the American Institute of Certified Planners. Mitchell is one of the nation's most celebrated urban thinkers. He was selected to Planetizen's list of the 100 Most Influential Urbanists in the world. In addition, he has been honored as one of the top 100 City Innovators in the world by UBM Future Cities, and the Urban Times named him one of the top international thought leaders of the built environment. For more information follow Mitchell on IG @mitchell_silver or email him at silver@mcadamsco.com. For all other questions, visit www.bemoretoday.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bemoretoday/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bemoretoday/support

There's a 50-mile biking/walking path being built that will span the entire length of Sullivan County, north to south. It's a feat of design and community cooperation, and it's (slowly) moving closer to becoming a reality. But that's just part of a larger, regional project that may transform the way we think about accessibility and recreation in our rural area. This episode is an update to our piece in early 2021 on the O&W Rail Trail project, and it features Heather Brown, Sullivan County's Commissioner of Planning, Community Development & Environmental Management; Heather Jacksy, Sullivan County's Chief Planner; Annie Bergelin, Design and Capital Projects Manager at the Open Space Institute; and Tatum Justice, Northeast Land Project Manager at the Open Space Institute.

For episode 4, we've connected with Dr Mark Davey, Chief Planner and City Planning Manager for Hamilton City Council. Mark is an incredibly bright and outcomes focused planner who brings a profound expertise in how Hamilton City plans for it's growth over the coming years. In this episode, Mark Shares: * His career background and story into planning, and why he ultimately came back to being a planner! * Insights on Hamilton's Urban Growth Strategy, focusing on major developments like Peacocks (7500 new homes). * Outside the box strategic infrastructure such as "bikes on pipes" combining cycleways and sewage infrastructure together. * Implementation of gold-standard urban design and sustainable development principles, aligning with the Waikato River's major ecological corridor. You can follow Mark here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-mark-davey-418b8a30/ Speak to Callum here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/callum-horler-8b3257b1/ callum@bureau.co.nz | 021 847 190

In today's podcast, we talk to Ian Meierdiercks, Founder and Chief Planner of IM Wealth Partners, a company he launched in 2003 to provide clients with financial planning and concierge services. He tells us how he takes a holistic approach to wealth management, considering all aspects of a client's financial life. “There's all the things that I saw at my old firm that I thought could be done in a different way…I just put together a best hits and created something that now we call the financial concierge,” he explains. “Everybody needs to deal with tax issues and estate planning issues and business issues and cash flow issues and investing and insurance, but no one usually has a team to do that. So, we quarterback that team and either bring in our own partners to do that outside of our core competency or we deal with theirs.” In this episode we will focus on why during rough times, you should stick with your plan and core business philosophies. We will also be evaluating how much risk you are taking as we get back near the highs and why you should understand your tax return and where the needle is moving. *Securities offered through SA Stone Wealth Management Inc. Member FINRA and SIPC Advisory Services offered through SA Stone Investment Advisors Inc. Recorded on 06/22/2023

Last year, the federal government set an ambitious new immigration target — to bring in half a million permanent residents a year by 2025. While the country is already dealing with a pretty profound housing crisis, it's likely everyone will feel the housing crunch even more as a record number of immigrants move to Canadian cities in the near future. Where will all these newcomers live and whose job is it to make sure the country is prepared? In this episode, we hear from Mike Moffatt, the Senior Director of Policy and Innovation at the Smart Prosperity Institute at the University of Ottawa. We're also joined by Gregg Lintern, the Chief Planner for the City of Toronto, who discusses how Toronto's housing goals can be met in time.

Hitting The High Notes is town planning's equivalent of Desert Island Discs. In these episodes Sam Stafford chats to preeminent figures in the planning and property sectors about the six planning permissions or projects that helped to shape them as professionals. And, so that we can get to know people a little better personally, for every permission or project Sam asks his guests for a piece of music that reminds them of that period of their career. Unlike Desert Island Discs you will not hear any of that music during the episode because using commercially-licensed music without the copyright holders permission or a very expensive PRS licensing agreement could land Sam in hot water, so, when you have finished listening to this episode, you will have to make do with YouTube videos and a Spotify playlist, links to which you will find below. Sam's guest for this episode of Hitting The High Notes is Steve Quartermain. Steve was the government's Chief Planner for twelve years, during which time and perhaps most notably he oversaw the introduction of the transformative National Planning Policy Framework. Prior to this, as you will hear, Steve spent thirty years in local government, starting as an unqualified graduate trainee designing local plan covers in Epping Forest and ending having helped to lead Hambleton to beacon council status. Steve's song selections. The Battle of Epping Forest by Genesis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFuIYyXiD5w OK Computer by Radiohead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTOqwbuQq_U The theme to All Creatures Great & Small https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6aquEsK_JQ House of Fun by Madness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QnBccG_ChI If It Happens Again by UB40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s54m7TIFN7w I'm Still Standing by Elton John https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHwVBirqD2s Steve's Spotify playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5XDlkcNbob5NCgcKAxXUGU?si=lXf4qpHVT4araW2SQtGO8g&nd=1 50 Shades T-Shirts! If you have listened to Episode 45 of the 50 Shades of Planning Podcast you will have heard Clive Betts say that... 'In the Netherlands planning is seen as part of the solution. In the UK, too often, planning is seen as part of the problem'. Sam said in reply that that would look good on a t-shirt and it does. Further details can be found here: http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2021/07/50-shades-of-planning-t-shirts.html

Guests: Jennifer Keesmaat, former Chief Planner of Toronto, 2018 candidate for mayor and partner with Markee Developments speaks with guest host Edward Keenan We all know that fundraising is a key part of running a mayoral campaign, and that the rich and well connected have a leg up. But how? Former candidate and former top city planner Jennifer Keesmaat talks about her first-hand experience of trying to fund a campaign for mayor of Toronto and how she thinks grassroots candidates should try to overcome those challenges. She also dishes about her first-hand experience with the current crop of candidates, her assessment of the race so far and why she thinks it may be turning into a wire-to-wire walk to the finish line for one candidate.

Last year, the federal government set an ambitious new immigration target — to bring in half a million permanent residents a year by 2025. While the country is already dealing with a pretty profound housing crisis, it's likely everyone will feel the housing crunch even more as a record number of immigrants move to Canadian cities in the near future. Where will all these newcomers live and whose job is it to make sure the country is prepared? In this episode, we hear from Mike Moffatt, the Senior Director of Policy and Innovation at the Smart Prosperity Institute at the University of Ottawa. We're also joined by Gregg Lintern, the Chief Planner for the City of Toronto, who discusses how Toronto's housing goals can be met in time.

Dearbhla Lawson, Head of Strategic Planning and Chief Planner at the Land Development Agency joins Joe to tell us where plans for the Colbert Quarter plan stand. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, Nate is joined by Jennifer Keesmaat for a discussion around housing, transit, and the roles that each level of government can and should play. Jennifer is the former Chief Planner for the City of Toronto, she's worked around the world in urban design, and she's currently a partner at and co-founder of Markee Developments, doing the work of building affordable housing. It is past time for all levels of government to deliver on housing and transit. If we don't, we will see productivity and generational fairness challenges only further exacerbated.Now, we have a mayoral election ahead of us, and an opportunity for greater ambition here in Toronto. At the provincial and federal levels, we have upcoming budgets, and an opportunity to revisit and reinvest in our National Housing Strategy, for example.But as I think about Liberal and progressive politics more broadly, we have to send a strong message that we are ready to build and especially to build housing and transit. There is no reason for us to cede that ground to anyone else. 

Our Special Guest this week is Joanna Averley, Chief Planner for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Joanna is a planner who has worked across all aspect of the town planning, regeneration, built environment and development process. She has worked in consultancy, charity and as a government adviser. Decisions of the Week: Decision of the Court of Appeal in R(oaf Blacker) v Chelmsford City Council [2023] EWCA Civ 25 dated 17th January 2023 dismissing an appeal against the decision of Mrs Justice Thornton who declined to quash a decision granting outline planning permission for housing on a part PDL /greenfield site in Roxwell. First resolution minded to grant but at a second meeting the decision was to refuse. Issues of inconsistency raised. A Minded to Grant Decision made on behalf of the Secretary of State dated 19th January 2023 giving the applicant, the Ministry of Justice, time to provide further evidence to address highway issues identified by the inspector, recommending refusal of the appeal against the dismissal by Chorley Borough Council of a hybrid application for a new prison on land adjacent to HMP Garth & HMP Wymott, Leyland, Lancashire in the Green Belt. Decision of an inspector dated 9th January 2023 allowing an appeal by Ainscough Strategic Land against the decision of West Oxfordshire DC to refuse an outline application for up to 120 dwellings on greenfield land at Witney Road, Ducklington. Land said to be in a gap between Ducklington and Witney, impact on landscape character and setting of conservation area, no 5 yr HLS. NPPF 202 exercise engaged. Decision of an inspector dated 18th January 2023 dismissing an appeal by Senior Living (Freelands) Ltd against the decision of West Oxfordshire DC to refuse an outline application for up to 160 C2 extra care units & retention of veterinary practice in Coach House on a 4.3 ha site in the grounds of Freeland House, a NDHA and itself in use as a Care Home. The views expressed by our guests are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of the panellists.

Trong số 19 của series Re-think CSR, Brands Vietnam đã cùng trò chuyện với ông Khôn Phạm – Chief Planner tại MIR Activation về sự tương quan của biến đổi khí hậu và thương hiệu. Bên cạnh 5 nhóm hoạt động CSR phổ biến, 4 cấp độ thực hành CSR, ông còn chia sẻ nhiều quan điểm, ví dụ, và gợi ý hành động thực tế cho thương hiệu và agency.

Our Special Guest this week is Steve Quartermain CBE, the Government's former Chief Planner. Decisions of the Week: Decision of the Supreme Court in DB Symmetry Ltd & anor V Swindon Borough Council [2022} UKSC 33 dated 14th December 2022 dismissing an appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal which declined to confirm that the Court of Appeal in Hall & Co Ltd V Shoreham-by-Sea UDC [1964] 1WLR 240 erred in law in that case that held that a LPA could not lawfully require a landowner by means of a planning condition to dedicate land as a public highway and thereby avoid the payment of compensation. Decision of the High Court in R (oao Philip Addison) V London Borough of Southwark & Anors [2022] EWHC 3211 (Admin) dated 6th December 2022 dismissing a challenge to the grant of planning permission for the redevelopment of Champion Hill Stadium & neighbouring astroturf pitch, raising issues about mistake of fact, failure to apply planning policy and failure to discharge the Public Sector Equality Duty. Decision of the Minister of State for Housing dated 14 December 2022 allowing an appeal made by Redrow Homes (Yorkshire) against the failure of City of York Council to determine an application for circa 970 dwellings, associated demolition, infrastructure, primary school, community facilities and A1 store on land allocated in the emerging Local Plan ST8, in the context of Huntingdon NP & the saved policies of the otherwise revoked Yorkshire & Humber RSS 2008. Land in GB and VSC demonstrated. Decisions of an inspector dated 28 November 2022 allowing one appeal by Berkeley Homes (Southern) Ltd against the decision of Guildford BC relating to a hybrid application on Lower Road Effingham for 4 self-build & 110 units and dismissing another appeal against the refusal of RMA for the erection of 99 dwellings on Howard of Effingham School. Land in GB, issues of viability raised.

This week we are joined for a second time by Joanna Averley, Chief Planner at the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Decisions of the Week: Decision of Lang J dated 19 May 2022 in R oao Suliman V a Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Council & Aster Group [2022] EWHC 1196 a challenge to the grant of conditional planning permission focused on the lawfulness of a condition & legitimate expectation. Decision of an inspector dated 17 May 2022 allowing an appeal by against the decision South Somerset DC to grant permission on two fields north of Ansford & Castle Carey, for 200 dwellings ( 70 affordable & 130 open market) with associated highways, drainage & landscape. Issues around impact on character & appearance, HLS, the effect on phosphate & suitability of the site falling outside the defined direction of growth. Decision of an inspector dated 16th May 2022 dismissing an appeal by Southern Housing Group Ltd against the decision of the London Legacy Development Corporation to refuse permission for phase 3 of a residentially led mixed use development including a 26-storey tower within Bow River Village raising heritage & design issues, mix & impacts on character & appearance of the, utility of proposed private & public amenity space & amenities of existing residents. Decision of an inspector dated 17th May 2022 allowing an appeal by Fusion Manchester Devco against the decision of Manchester City Council to refuse permission for a 28 storey PBSA for 534 students on a vacant site at Deansgate, raising issuing on need, impact on character & appearance, DHA, on amenities of nearby residents & wind microclimate at street level and consistency with the development plan.

Is planning for America anathema to the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness? Is it true, as ideologues like Friedrich Von Hayek, Milton Friedman and Ayn Rand have claimed, that planning leads to dictatorship, that the state is wholly destructive, and that prosperity is owed entirely to the workings of a free market? This is the synopsis of 'No Little Plans', Ian Wray's 2019 book that goes in search of an America shaped by government, plans and bureaucrats, not by businesses, bankers and shareholders. Ian discusses 'No Little Plans' in this episode with Sam Stafford; Katie Wray; and, all of the way from the USA as the 50 Shades of Planning Podcast goes global, Karen Trapenberg Frick. Ian Wray is Honorary Professor and Fellow in the Heseltine Institute for Public Policy at Liverpool University. He was formerly Chief Planner at the North West Development Agency between 200 and 2010. Katie Wray (@kluw) is an Assistant Director at Deloitte. Karen Trapenberg Frick (@TrapenbergFrick) is an Associate Professor in City & Regional Planning, at the University of California. 'No Little Plans' was Ian's follow-up to 2016's 'Great British Plans', which Sam, Ian and Katie discuss in Episode 36. Some accompanying reading. No Little Plans - How Government Built America's Wealth and Infrastructure https://www.routledge.com/No-Little-Plans-How-Government-Built-Americas-Wealth-and-Infrastructure/Wray/p/book/9781138594104 LEGO Can Build a Northern Overground https://journal.theaou.org/articles/lego-can-build-a-northern-overground/ The essential state - Pandemic, norms and values, and the new authoritarianism https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1473095220969626?journalCode=plta A Sure Bet: Megaprojects - Not on Time and Not on Budget https://www.alexandrinepress.co.uk/Oakland_Bay_Bridge Some accompanying listening. For UK Listeners Jimi Hendrix plays the Star Spangled banner at Woodstock in 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3-b3ViNTMI For US listeners The Village Green Preservation Society -The Kinks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc7dmu4G8oc 50 Shades T-Shirts! If you have listened to Episode 45 of the 50 Shades of Planning Podcast you will have heard Clive Betts say that... 'In the Netherlands planning is seen as part of the solution. In the UK, too often, planning is seen as part of the problem'. Sam said in reply that that would look good on a t-shirt and it does. Further details can be found here: http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2021/07/50-shades-of-planning-t-shirts.html

An impending late-winter mega-storm was not enough to curb the opinions – or the attendance of those who wanted to hear it – of equally stormy Hazel McCallion, Mayor of the City of Mississauga. On February 27, “Hurricane Hazel,” as she is affectionately known, sat down with Jennifer Keesmaat, the Chief Planner at the City of Toronto for ULI Toronto's 5th Annual Fireside Chat. For over an hour, the 200+ attendees at the Toronto Board of Trade were riveted by this rousing conversation between two of the GTA's foremost leaders in the areas of urban development, transit, and job creation.

There are billions of dollars' worth of condominiums and high-end homes being built in Ontario these days. But what's not such a priority is the construction of affordable housing. And that's where the city of Toronto's former chief planner comes in. Jennifer Keesmaat has co-founded a new development company called Markee Developments focussed on housing for all. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“We should aspire to pass on our heritage to our successors, not depleted but enhanced. In order to do that, we need to bring about a profound and lasting change in the buildings that we build, which is one of the reasons we are placing a greater emphasis on locally popular design, quality and access to nature, through our national planning policies and introducing the National Model Design Codes.” So said Robert Jenrick when announcing at the end of January 2021 the Government's response to the report of the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission. As well as the creation of an ‘Office for Place', which is to support local communities in determining the standard for all new buildings in their area, the NPPF is to be revised to place greater emphasis on beauty, place-making and, of course, tree-lined streets. In addition, a new paragraph 127 of the NPPF will state that all LPAs should prepare design guides or codes consistent with the principles set out in the National Design Guide and the new National Model Design Code (NMDC). The NMDC itself though, as one of it's authors, David Rudlin of URBED has admitted, is not a code at all but a guide to writing codes.  An increased emphasis on the design quality of new development, and a national framework for design standards for LPAs to set policy and determine individual decisions by, can only be a good thing. There seems to be a huge leap though from where we are now to all LPAs having a design code or guide in place within three years, which the Chief Planner has written to them requesting. And what, for example, is the Code's relationship with the White Paper? Are Codes for every street or just ‘Growth' and ‘Renewal' areas? And whilst agreement on what constitutes a good design code should be easy to achieve, agreement on what constitutes good design, let alone beautiful design, is perhaps harder achieve. Are expectations for what a NMDC can achieve being set unrealistically high? Joining Sam Stafford to discuss these issues in this episode are Paul Smith, Vicky Payne, Louise Wood and Ben Woolnough. Paul (@paul_slg) is Managing Director at the Strategic Land Group; Vicky (@Victoria_Payne) is a planner and urban designer at URBED; Louise (@LWood_Cornwall) is Service Director for Planning at Cornwall Council; and Ben (@benhoward_w) is Major Sites & Infrastructure Manager at East Suffolk Council. Some accompanying reading. National Model Design Code https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/957205/National_Model_Design_Code.pdf Guidance Notes for Design Codes https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/957207/Guidance_notes_for_Design_Codes.pdf Design Skills in English Local Authorities https://www.udg.org.uk/publications/otherpub/design-skills-english-local-authorities ‘Unlocking The Code' by David Rudlin https://www.bdonline.co.uk/opinion/unlocking-the-code-with-one-of-its-authors/5110463.article Some accompanying listening. Code of the Streets by Gang Starr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1kwZUeog30

Jennifer Keesmaat joined Scott to discuss the advances in urban planning that are on the horizon, as well as how we will have to change our ways of thinking about urban spaces in order to adapt. Guest: Jennifer Keesmaat, Founder of the Keesmaat Group and former Chief Planner for the City of Toronto If you liked that conversation, checkout the newest podcast of the Scott Thompson Show. https://omny.fm/shows/scott-thompson-show/delayed-rollout-of-covid-19-vaccines-politicians-a In fact, subscribe to the podcast wherever you find your favourite shows – like on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify – and never miss out! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Very Special Guest this week is Joanna Averley, the new Chief Planner at MHCLG. Court Judgments of the Week Wainhomes v SOSHCLG [2020]EWHC 2294; a decision of Dove J who quashed a decision of the Secretary of State to dismiss an appeal for 100 homes and remitted it for redetermination. The case centred upon a failure of reasons to explain why a policy agreed by three authorities was considered to be up to date despite the authorities agreeing a subsequent redistribution based on an MoU based on an aggregated Standard Methodology figure. Peel Investments v SOSHCLG [2020] EWCA Civ 1836 a decision of the Court of Appeal upholding the decision of Dove J. who in turn upheld an Inspector's decision to dismiss appeals in respect of residential development up to 600 dwellings. The case turned upon how to approach whether policy is out of date which is fundamentally a matter of planning judgment – so here policies in a plan without saved strategic policies could still be up to date. Appeals of the Week Successful appeal by Gladman against decision of Chorley BC for 180 homes Aug 20 Tiptree appeal [18 August 2020] permission refused for 255 homes; Wokingham decision [25 August 2020] permission refused for 216 dwellings Braintree decision permission granted for up to 300 homes [17/8/20]

Where is the digitisation of the planning system taking us? What skills will the planner of the future need? And how is COVID-19 changing how we think about the places where we live, work and travel? In this first – extended – episode of Connected Places, Professor Greg Clark speaks to the most recent Chief Planner for England, Steve Quartermain CBE as well as the Chief Planner for Singapore, Hwang Yu-Ning. We also meet Darshana Chauhan, Founder of Coplug, a UK company specialising in social infrastructure demand management, and Nissa Shahid, Senior Urbanist and Chartered Planner at the Connected Places Catapult. Music on this episode is by Blue Dot Sessions and Phill Ward Music (www.phillward.com) ***SHOW NOTES***  Steve Quartermain CBE recently stepped down as Chief Planner at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government after 12 years in the role. His career in local government has included Epping Forrest, Dartford and Yorkshire and he has also served as President of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI). Hwang Yu-Ning is the Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Planner at the Urban Redevelopment Authority in Singapore. Yu-Ning has also held senior positions in Singapore's National Ministry of Development and the Prime Minister's Office.  She also serves as governing trustees on the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and co-chairs ULI Singapore's Women's Leadership Initiative. Darshana Gothi Chauhan is founder of Coplug, a qualified architect and urban designer with a specialisation in spatial data analytics, digital frameworks, that citizen-centred design. She is also the founder of DesTech - a competition that brings together creative thinking and digital innovation in the built environment, with an outreach in over 200 colleges and universities across South Asia.  Nissa Shahid is a Senior Urbanist at the Connected Places Catapult, and a Chartered Planner, where she specialises in spatial data, GIS applications, planning policy and strategy development. She has worked across the private and third sectors and played a key role in the Catapult's early work on PlanTech. For more information about the UK Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's proposals to reform the planning system, click here. If you would like to get involved with the Catapult's PlanTech Challenge, click here for more information about the scheme, the benefits to participating local authorities and contact details. We also mentioned the shared vision and principles of the future of planning that we developed with the RTPI. You can read more here about the vision and its underpinning principles. To watch our recent Third Thursday webinar on Post-Pandemic Places, please click here. To find out more about what we do at the Connected Places Catapult, visit our website for the latest news, events and announcements. And please sign up to our newsletter!            

Vidyadhar Phatak, is one of the leading urban thinkers in the country with rich practice and teaching experience. He is the former Chief Planner of Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority and also the former Dean of Faculty Planning, CEPT University. Mr Phatak was the director of National Housing Bank from 2006 to 2012 and also worked on several urban planning reforms as a consultant with the World Bank. Over the last 40 years, he has worked on land markets, land-based Fiscal Tools, urban Planning reforms and housing. A. Srivathsan is an architect and urban designer, and currently Director, Center for Research on Architecture and Urbanism, CEPT University Ahmedabad. He was previously the Academic Director of the University, and before that taught for a decade and worked as a senior journalist with The Hindu, the national newspaper. His research and writings include the themes of urban history, planning policies and contemporary architectural practices. Srivathsan's recent work includes work on evidence based affordable housing policies for Chennai, a study conducted for Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission. In this final episode of land related subjects, Vidyadhar Phatak in conversation with A. Srivathsan, explains the idea of Land value Capture (LVC) and Value Capture Financing (VCF) pointing out the fine-drawn differences between the two concepts. He explains the importance of these financing tools in generating hitherto untapped land value gains for financing infrastructure projects particularly the metros. Further, he explains two broad approaches to LVC viz. Land developmental and fiscal tools. He briefly elaborates the fiscal measures. In the end, he highlights the challenges in adopting LVC practices in a manner that integrates the urban planning, legal and public finance dimensions of the land market.

Vidyadhar Phatak, is one of the leading urban thinkers in the country with rich practice and teaching experience. He is the former Chief Planner of Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority and also the former Dean of Faculty Planning, CEPT University. Mr Phatak was the director of National Housing Bank from 2006 to 2012 and also worked on several urban planning reforms as a consultant with the World Bank. Over the last 40 years, he has worked on land markets, land-based Fiscal Tools, urban Planning reforms and housing. A. Srivathsan is an architect and urban designer, and currently Director, Centre for Research on Architecture and Urbanism, CEPT University Ahmedabad. He was previously the Academic Director of the University, and before that taught for a decade and worked as a senior journalist with The Hindu, the national newspaper. His research and writings include the themes of urban history, planning policies and contemporary architectural practices. Srivathsan's recent work includes work on evidence based affordable housing policies for Chennai, a study conducted for Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission. In this podcast, a sequel to the land market in urban planning, Vidyadhar Phatak traces the evolution of FSI Mumbai. This episode highlights the transformation of FSI as a physical planning tool to a complex fiscal tool. He discloses the ill-effects of first creating scarcity of development rights through low uniform FSI and then using the scarcity value for achieving development objectives. Further, he explains the failed attempt to reform the FSI regime in Mumbai. He raises the legal question of ownership of development rights and the state's right to assign such rights at a price. In the end, he has some cautionary words for other cities that wish to emulate Mumbai in using FSI as a policy tool.

Vidyadhar Phatak, is one of the leading urban thinkers in the country with rich practice and teaching experience. He is the former Chief Planner of Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority and also the former Dean of Faculty Planning, CEPT University. Mr Phatak was the director of National Housing Bank from 2006 to 2012 and also worked on several urban planning reforms as a consultant with the World Bank. Over the last 40 years, he has worked on land markets, land-based Fiscal Tools, urban Planning reforms and housing. A. Srivathsan is an architect and urban designer, and currently Director, Centre for Research on Architecture and Urbanism, CEPT University Ahmedabad. He was previously the Academic Director of the University, and before that taught for a decade and worked as a senior journalist with The Hindu, the national newspaper. His research and writings include the themes of urban history, planning policies and contemporary architectural practices. Srivathsan's recent work includes work on evidence based affordable housing policies for Chennai, a study conducted for Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission. In this episode, Vidyadhar Phatak in conversation with A. Srivathsan, answers some of the crucial questions about land markets and urban planning. Given the lockdown and with Mr.Phatak in Mumbai and Srivathsan in Chennai, discussion of the conversation first happened over mail and then recorded. Mr.Phatak points out the fallouts resulting from ignoring or remaining oblivious to land as private property and market forces. Further, he explains how planning has implicitly presumed large scale public ownership of land. Things have changed, he explains. After the 1990s that is the post-economic liberalisation era, the planners are compelled to take into account the land market in formulating city plans and in evaluating development control measures.

This week we are joined by a very special guest Steve Quartermain CBE, former UK Chief Planner. He is a senior advisor for Cratus Communications.

Brian Crombie chats with Jennifer Keesmat, former, Chief Planner for the City of Toronto and former Mayoralty candidate and urban well known thinker. Jennifer provides her expertise on how COVID-19 will impact Urban life an dhow we can plan and operate our cities.

The City of Vancouver is at a crossroads after a turbulent decade of unparalleled growth coupled with deep social and political divisions. So, where do we go from here? Enter Vancouver's Chief Planner Gil Kelley: the man with the 'city-wide' plan. Gil sits down with Adam & Matt to lay the groundwork for his vision, from a global city on a warming planet to housing shortages, zoning challenges and aging infrastructure. We cover it all. The future of Vancouver is here; and trust us, it's exciting!

I've never been a fan of tall buildings. On a visit to Vancouver, I needed someone to convince me that they aren't inherently bad. The most obvious choice is my friend Brent Toderian, urban planner and former Chief Planner for the City of Vancouver. We spoke in the Olympic Village - one of the projects Brent is most proud of - about the urban development in Vancouver. He tells me what Vancouver learned from the world and - more importantly - what the world can learn from Vancouver. I learn why European cities do tall buildings badly, about strategic densification and that at the end of the day, we should just design a good building that lands well, regardless of height.

Dyan Currie is the Chief Planner for Brisbane City Council and she was also the president of the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) at the time Kirsty Kelly was the CEO. It was a significant time and one that is worth reflecting on. We had a chat with Dyan soon after Kirsty Kelly (who Dyan worked with at the PIA) joined the AITPM. • Place Making • Applying a sense of place to work and institute Environments • The Value of Organisations supporting participation in Institutes • Working with Kirsty at PIA means understanding the nature of members and their interaction with the Institute • Transport very much involves an eclectic range of Professions • Social Media • Dealing with Change • Working with the political process

"A veteran of city planning has been tapped for the top job at city hall." - Toronto Star, March 28th, 2018. We were extremely lucky to be joined by Toronto's Chief City Planner on this episode. Toronto is a global city, and with that comes a number of challenges. We have housing affordability issues, heavy infrastructure demands, and a steady influx of newcomers. Gregg Lintern is the steady hand in charge of solving these problems. With over 35 years experience, Gregg is thoughtful in his approach. In this episode we discuss laneway housing, Bill 108, Justin Trudeau's re-election, pre-zoning, and planning across the City of Toronto. To learn more about Gregg, please follow him on twitter here: Gregg Lintern For more from CRELIBRARY, please visit us at www.crelibrary.ca

We like to keep things simple. But city building is complex! The good news is that Larry Beasley, former Chief Planner for the City of Vancouver, has been deep in the weeds of advancing transformative change, and he divulges all in his new book, “Vancouversim”. Listen in as we discuss – and debate! – in this two part series a wide array of city building topics, from the missed opportunity of the Climate Strike to the changing role of leadership in creating sustainable, liveable, 21st century cities.

We like to keep things simple. But city building is complex! The good news is that Larry Beasley, former Chief Planner for the City of Vancouver, has been deep in the weeds of advancing transformative change, and he divulges all in his new book, “Vancouversim”. Listen in as we discuss – and debate! – in this two part series a wide array of city building topics, from the missed opportunity of the Climate Strike to the changing role of leadership in creating sustainable, liveable, 21st century cities.

Today we are sitting down with Gregg Lintern, the Chief Planner of the City of Toronto - more specifically, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division, City of Toronto.  This was a great discussion that took us from Bill 108 to Laneway Homes and of course a couple Jane Jacobs mentions. We talk about Toronto Winters and how they can be made more bearable with smart city planning (hello awnings!) and a slew of other awesome journeys that Gregg took us on!

In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Brad Bradford. I first met Brad in 2011 when he was the President of the Canadian Association of Planning Students, and I was speaking about Resilience in the face of Climate Change Impacts at the annual CAPS conference he had helped organize. I distinctly remember being very impressed when I first met Brad, especially by his keen awareness of the planning issues associated with Climate Change, as well as complex realities of trying to address these issues. Brad is now an urban planner and community activist, with specialty expertise in sustainable and district energy planning, a passionate cyclist and competitive bike racer, and he is now entering the world of politics by running for Toronto City Council in Beaches-East York (Ward 19).  Until leaving the City of Toronto to run for City Council, Brad was responsible for Stakeholder Engagement and Special Projects in the Office of the Chief Planner at the City of Toronto where he spent his time working with government, the private sector, non-profits, and community groups to broaden discussions around the kind of city we want to be. Brad is passionate about in the interconnected issues of inclusivity, affordability, transit and the environment. Through his role at the City, and as a future City Councillor, Brad is working to diversify voices in decision-making and bring more people to the table to discuss city-building issues. In 2016 Brad won the Canadian Institute of Planners President’s Award for his work on the FutureFORWARD Task Force. And as an avid cyclist, Brad launched the Toronto Hustle project in 2017 to develop the next generation of Canadian athletes, while providing a platform for active transportation advocacy across North America. I hope you enjoy our conversation! You can find show notes at: http://bit.ly/Brad_Bradford  Please Support this Podcast: The Twenty First Century Imperative podcast is ad-free and relies entirely on user support. If you find it valuable please consider supporting us by becoming a patron at our TFCI Patreon Page.

Leslie Woo, chief planner at METROLINX talks about the cost of Smart Track, and a recent opinion piece in the news.

Brent Toderian joins us to discuss his former role as Vancouver's Chief Planner and some of the challenges facing cities.

Gary White, Chief Planner for New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment leads the team that balances the strategic planning system with  broader government goals and community need. He provides specialist expertise, leadership and advice across government and business sectors. In this episode we explore a place based planning system, innovation precincts and the role of technology in planning.

1996 is the last time a comprehensive regional plan was issued by the Regional Plan Association. Special guest Chris Jones, Senior Vice President and Chief Planner at RPA, joined the podcast to discuss the 4th Regional Plan, which was released last month. The plan contains 61 separate recommendations in four action areas that represent major challenges and areas of opportunity.

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The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Christopher Wein In Conversation With Jennifer Keesmaat On City Building in Canada in the Twenty First Century Cities are being built in a significantly different manner than they were even just a generation ago as both planners and developers spend more time thinking about macro issues such as climate change, traffic flow, sustainability and energy conservation, not to mention a host of quality of life issues that are increasingly at the forefront of consumer demands. Each of these issues requires enormous amounts of study and thought if the final product is to be progressive and economically-feasible, and often demands more cooperation between cities and developers. This unique luncheon event will bring together an award-winning North American developer with one of this continent's most respected and well known planners. Their conversation on what it takes to build a great city in 2017 will be of interest to anyone in the real estate and asset management community, but also to investors, architects, lawyers and anyone who has ever wondered how what we are building today differs from what was done in the past, and how this is literally changing the way that urban Canadians live their lives at work, at home, and at play. Speakers: Jennifer Keesmaat, Chief Planner and Executive Director, City of Toronto As Chief Planner for the City of Toronto Christopher J. Wein, President, Great Gulf Residential, Great Gulf Group Limited As President *The content presented is free of charge but please note that the Empire Club of Canada retains copyright. Neither the speeches themselves nor any part of their content may be used for any purpose other than personal interest or research without the explicit permission of the Empire Club of Canada.* *Views and Opinions Expressed Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the speakers or panelists are those of the speakers or panelists and do not necessarily reflect or represent the official views and opinions, policy or position held by The Empire Club of Canada.*

In this podcast I talk with Toronto's chief city planner. How do you be disruptive under the public gaze, for public good and with public money. In this conversation Jennifer discusses her approach to building better cities. For her, if we want to plan great cities we have to human life and social interaction at the heart of the practice. Hope you enjoy the podcast. This podcast was recorded over the phone.Music provided by Clint Harewood you contact him on these websites: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Tamo.T or LinkedIn: https://www.facebook.com/Tamo.T

In this podcast I talk with Toronto's chief city planner. How do you be disruptive under the public gaze, for public good and with public money. In this conversation Jennifer discusses her approach to building better cities. For her, if we want to plan great cities we have to human life and social interaction at the heart of the practice. Hope you enjoy the podcast. This podcast was recorded over the phone.Music provided by Clint Harewood you contact him on these websites: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Tamo.T or LinkedIn: https://www.facebook.com/Tamo.T

This episode features Brent Toderian, former Chief Planner for Vancouver, BC, Canada and current founder and principal at TODERIAN UrbanWORKS. Brent shares his perspective on city planning and urban design. He discusses the relationship between transportation engineers and planners, noting the evolution of the "plangineer."

This episode features Brent Toderian, former Chief Planner for Vancouver, BC, Canada and current founder and principal at TODERIAN UrbanWORKS. Brent shares his perspective on city planning and urban design. He discusses the relationship between transportation engineers and planners, noting the evolution of the "plangineer."

Chief Planner of the City of Toronto Jennifer Keesmaat talks about how we can plan for a more culturally vibrant city. But first, TSO Musicians explain why they can’t wait for the season to start.

Andrew la Fleur from TrueCondos.com, interviews the Chief Planner of Toronto, Jennifer Keesmaat to discuss what direction she believes the Toronto condo market is heading in, what Toronto condo projects is she most excited about, and what concerns should we have about the current and future state of the Toronto condo market.   Click here for show notes.  Andrew la Fleur / Sales Representative416-371-2333 / andrew@truecondos.comhttp://www.truecondos.comhttp://twitter.com/andrewlafleurhttp://facebook.com/truecondos

Excerpts from a one-day conference "Zoning the City: Addressing New York City's 21st Century Challenges" sponsored by the New York City Department of City Planning, the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute of Baruch College. The event takes place on November 15, 2011, at McGraw-Hill Conference Center, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor. [Part I -- 58 min.] Welcome Robert K. Steel, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, New York City Zoning New York City Amanda M. Burden, Director, New York City Department of City Planning; Chair, New York City Planning Commission Panel One: Shaping New York City Zoning, 1961 to the Present Hilary Ballon, Deputy Vice Chancellor, NYU Abu Dhabi; University Professor of Urban Studies and Architecture, NYU Carol Willis, Founder, Director, Curator, The Skyscraper Museum, New York; Adjunct Associate Professor of Urban Studies, Columbia University Alex Garvin, Professor of Urban Planning and Management (Adjunct), Yale University; President and CEO, AGA Public Realm Strategists Moderator: Rick Bell, Executive Director, American Institute of Architects New York Panel Two: Challenges Facing New York City In the 21st Century Daniel L. Doctoroff, President and CEO of Bloomberg LP Rosanne Haggerty, President, Community Solutions (CS) Rohit T. Aggarwala, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Paul Goldberger, Architecture Critic, The New Yorker; Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture, The New School Moderator: Errol Louis, Host, "Inside City Hall," NY1 Panel Three: Zoning's Role In Addressing Challenges Facing New York City In the 21st Century: Zoning and the Competitive City Vishaan Chakrabarti, AIA, Holliday Professor and Director, Center for Urban Real Estate, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, Columbia University Kairos Shen, Chief Planner, Boston Redevelopment Authority Moderator: Alex Garvin, Professor of Urban Planning and Management (Adjunct), Yale University; President and CEO, AGA Public Realm Strategists Panel Four: Zoning and the Equitable City Toni Griffin, Professor & Director of the J. Max Bond Center at the Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of New York, CUNY John Rahaim, Director of Planning, City and County of San Francisco Moderator: Jerold S. Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Director, Master in Urban Planning Degree Program, Harvard University Graduate School of Design Panel Five: Zoning and the Sustainable City Harriet Tregoning, Director, Office of Planning, Government of the District of Columbia Jonathan F. P. Rose, President, Jonathan Rose Companies Moderator: Jack Nyman, Director, Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute, Baruch College, CUNY [Part II -- 60 min.] Framing the Place of Zoning in Modern Cities Jerold S. Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Director, Master in Urban Planning Degree Program, Harvard University Graduate School of Design Panel Six: Zoning and the Physical City Matthew Carmona, Professor of Planning & Urban Design, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London Peter Park, Loeb Fellow, Harvard University Graduate School of Design Moderator: Paul Goldberger, Architecture Critic, The New Yorker; Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture, The New School Panel Seven: Where Do We Go From Here? Thom Mayne, Founder, Morphosis Robert A. M. Stern, Dean, Yale School of Architecture; Founder and Senior Partner, Robert A. M. Stern Architects, LLP Mary Ann Tighe, Chief Executive Officer, New York Tri-State Region, CB Richard Ellis; Chair, Real Estate Board of New York Moderator: Jerold S. Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Director, Master in Urban Planning Degree Program, Harvard University Graduate School of Design Closing Remarks Amanda M. Burden, Director, New York City Department of City Planning; Chair, New York City Planning Commission

Excerpts from a one-day conference "Zoning the City: Addressing New York City's 21st Century Challenges" sponsored by the New York City Department of City Planning, the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute of Baruch College. The event takes place on November 15, 2011, at McGraw-Hill Conference Center, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor. [Part I -- 58 min.] Welcome Robert K. Steel, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, New York City Zoning New York City Amanda M. Burden, Director, New York City Department of City Planning; Chair, New York City Planning Commission Panel One: Shaping New York City Zoning, 1961 to the Present Hilary Ballon, Deputy Vice Chancellor, NYU Abu Dhabi; University Professor of Urban Studies and Architecture, NYU Carol Willis, Founder, Director, Curator, The Skyscraper Museum, New York; Adjunct Associate Professor of Urban Studies, Columbia University Alex Garvin, Professor of Urban Planning and Management (Adjunct), Yale University; President and CEO, AGA Public Realm Strategists Moderator: Rick Bell, Executive Director, American Institute of Architects New York Panel Two: Challenges Facing New York City In the 21st Century Daniel L. Doctoroff, President and CEO of Bloomberg LP Rosanne Haggerty, President, Community Solutions (CS) Rohit T. Aggarwala, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Paul Goldberger, Architecture Critic, The New Yorker; Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture, The New School Moderator: Errol Louis, Host, "Inside City Hall," NY1 Panel Three: Zoning's Role In Addressing Challenges Facing New York City In the 21st Century: Zoning and the Competitive City Vishaan Chakrabarti, AIA, Holliday Professor and Director, Center for Urban Real Estate, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, Columbia University Kairos Shen, Chief Planner, Boston Redevelopment Authority Moderator: Alex Garvin, Professor of Urban Planning and Management (Adjunct), Yale University; President and CEO, AGA Public Realm Strategists Panel Four: Zoning and the Equitable City Toni Griffin, Professor & Director of the J. Max Bond Center at the Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of New York, CUNY John Rahaim, Director of Planning, City and County of San Francisco Moderator: Jerold S. Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Director, Master in Urban Planning Degree Program, Harvard University Graduate School of Design Panel Five: Zoning and the Sustainable City Harriet Tregoning, Director, Office of Planning, Government of the District of Columbia Jonathan F. P. Rose, President, Jonathan Rose Companies Moderator: Jack Nyman, Director, Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute, Baruch College, CUNY [Part II -- 60 min.] Framing the Place of Zoning in Modern Cities Jerold S. Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Director, Master in Urban Planning Degree Program, Harvard University Graduate School of Design Panel Six: Zoning and the Physical City Matthew Carmona, Professor of Planning & Urban Design, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London Peter Park, Loeb Fellow, Harvard University Graduate School of Design Moderator: Paul Goldberger, Architecture Critic, The New Yorker; Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture, The New School Panel Seven: Where Do We Go From Here? Thom Mayne, Founder, Morphosis Robert A. M. Stern, Dean, Yale School of Architecture; Founder and Senior Partner, Robert A. M. Stern Architects, LLP Mary Ann Tighe, Chief Executive Officer, New York Tri-State Region, CB Richard Ellis; Chair, Real Estate Board of New York Moderator: Jerold S. Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Director, Master in Urban Planning Degree Program, Harvard University Graduate School of Design Closing Remarks Amanda M. Burden, Director, New York City Department of City Planning; Chair, New York City Planning Commission

Excerpts from a one-day conference "Zoning the City: Addressing New York City's 21st Century Challenges" sponsored by the New York City Department of City Planning, the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute of Baruch College. The event takes place on November 15, 2011, at McGraw-Hill Conference Center, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor. [Part I -- 58 min.] Welcome Robert K. Steel, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, New York City Zoning New York City Amanda M. Burden, Director, New York City Department of City Planning; Chair, New York City Planning Commission Panel One: Shaping New York City Zoning, 1961 to the Present Hilary Ballon, Deputy Vice Chancellor, NYU Abu Dhabi; University Professor of Urban Studies and Architecture, NYU Carol Willis, Founder, Director, Curator, The Skyscraper Museum, New York; Adjunct Associate Professor of Urban Studies, Columbia University Alex Garvin, Professor of Urban Planning and Management (Adjunct), Yale University; President and CEO, AGA Public Realm Strategists Moderator: Rick Bell, Executive Director, American Institute of Architects New York Panel Two: Challenges Facing New York City In the 21st Century Daniel L. Doctoroff, President and CEO of Bloomberg LP Rosanne Haggerty, President, Community Solutions (CS) Rohit T. Aggarwala, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Paul Goldberger, Architecture Critic, The New Yorker; Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture, The New School Moderator: Errol Louis, Host, "Inside City Hall," NY1 Panel Three: Zoning's Role In Addressing Challenges Facing New York City In the 21st Century: Zoning and the Competitive City Vishaan Chakrabarti, AIA, Holliday Professor and Director, Center for Urban Real Estate, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, Columbia University Kairos Shen, Chief Planner, Boston Redevelopment Authority Moderator: Alex Garvin, Professor of Urban Planning and Management (Adjunct), Yale University; President and CEO, AGA Public Realm Strategists Panel Four: Zoning and the Equitable City Toni Griffin, Professor & Director of the J. Max Bond Center at the Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of New York, CUNY John Rahaim, Director of Planning, City and County of San Francisco Moderator: Jerold S. Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Director, Master in Urban Planning Degree Program, Harvard University Graduate School of Design Panel Five: Zoning and the Sustainable City Harriet Tregoning, Director, Office of Planning, Government of the District of Columbia Jonathan F. P. Rose, President, Jonathan Rose Companies Moderator: Jack Nyman, Director, Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute, Baruch College, CUNY [Part II -- 60 min.] Framing the Place of Zoning in Modern Cities Jerold S. Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Director, Master in Urban Planning Degree Program, Harvard University Graduate School of Design Panel Six: Zoning and the Physical City Matthew Carmona, Professor of Planning & Urban Design, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London Peter Park, Loeb Fellow, Harvard University Graduate School of Design Moderator: Paul Goldberger, Architecture Critic, The New Yorker; Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture, The New School Panel Seven: Where Do We Go From Here? Thom Mayne, Founder, Morphosis Robert A. M. Stern, Dean, Yale School of Architecture; Founder and Senior Partner, Robert A. M. Stern Architects, LLP Mary Ann Tighe, Chief Executive Officer, New York Tri-State Region, CB Richard Ellis; Chair, Real Estate Board of New York Moderator: Jerold S. Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Director, Master in Urban Planning Degree Program, Harvard University Graduate School of Design Closing Remarks Amanda M. Burden, Director, New York City Department of City Planning; Chair, New York City Planning Commission

Excerpts from a one-day conference "Zoning the City: Addressing New York City's 21st Century Challenges" sponsored by the New York City Department of City Planning, the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute of Baruch College. The event takes place on November 15, 2011, at McGraw-Hill Conference Center, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor. [Part I -- 58 min.] Welcome Robert K. Steel, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, New York City Zoning New York City Amanda M. Burden, Director, New York City Department of City Planning; Chair, New York City Planning Commission Panel One: Shaping New York City Zoning, 1961 to the Present Hilary Ballon, Deputy Vice Chancellor, NYU Abu Dhabi; University Professor of Urban Studies and Architecture, NYU Carol Willis, Founder, Director, Curator, The Skyscraper Museum, New York; Adjunct Associate Professor of Urban Studies, Columbia University Alex Garvin, Professor of Urban Planning and Management (Adjunct), Yale University; President and CEO, AGA Public Realm Strategists Moderator: Rick Bell, Executive Director, American Institute of Architects New York Panel Two: Challenges Facing New York City In the 21st Century Daniel L. Doctoroff, President and CEO of Bloomberg LP Rosanne Haggerty, President, Community Solutions (CS) Rohit T. Aggarwala, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Paul Goldberger, Architecture Critic, The New Yorker; Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture, The New School Moderator: Errol Louis, Host, "Inside City Hall," NY1 Panel Three: Zoning's Role In Addressing Challenges Facing New York City In the 21st Century: Zoning and the Competitive City Vishaan Chakrabarti, AIA, Holliday Professor and Director, Center for Urban Real Estate, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, Columbia University Kairos Shen, Chief Planner, Boston Redevelopment Authority Moderator: Alex Garvin, Professor of Urban Planning and Management (Adjunct), Yale University; President and CEO, AGA Public Realm Strategists Panel Four: Zoning and the Equitable City Toni Griffin, Professor & Director of the J. Max Bond Center at the Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of New York, CUNY John Rahaim, Director of Planning, City and County of San Francisco Moderator: Jerold S. Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Director, Master in Urban Planning Degree Program, Harvard University Graduate School of Design Panel Five: Zoning and the Sustainable City Harriet Tregoning, Director, Office of Planning, Government of the District of Columbia Jonathan F. P. Rose, President, Jonathan Rose Companies Moderator: Jack Nyman, Director, Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute, Baruch College, CUNY [Part II -- 60 min.] Framing the Place of Zoning in Modern Cities Jerold S. Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Director, Master in Urban Planning Degree Program, Harvard University Graduate School of Design Panel Six: Zoning and the Physical City Matthew Carmona, Professor of Planning & Urban Design, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London Peter Park, Loeb Fellow, Harvard University Graduate School of Design Moderator: Paul Goldberger, Architecture Critic, The New Yorker; Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture, The New School Panel Seven: Where Do We Go From Here? Thom Mayne, Founder, Morphosis Robert A. M. Stern, Dean, Yale School of Architecture; Founder and Senior Partner, Robert A. M. Stern Architects, LLP Mary Ann Tighe, Chief Executive Officer, New York Tri-State Region, CB Richard Ellis; Chair, Real Estate Board of New York Moderator: Jerold S. Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Director, Master in Urban Planning Degree Program, Harvard University Graduate School of Design Closing Remarks Amanda M. Burden, Director, New York City Department of City Planning; Chair, New York City Planning Commission