As part of its 'Planning for BME Communities' project, Yorkshire Planning Aid has developed this free one-day event to help groups and individuals to understand what is involved in making a Planning Application.

For anyone thinking of extending their home, changing business premises, or developing new community buildings it is likely that Planning Permission will be needed. The event will explain about the process and offer an opportunity to discuss individual applications with planners. It will also cover how to comment on a neighbour's or a developer's plans.

The session is being piloted in Kirklees and will run from 10am to 4pm on Wednesday 8th October in Huddersfield and on Saturday 18th October in Batley. If successful it will be repeated in other Local Authority areas.

Places need to be booked in advance via Lynsey Brownnutt on 0113 237 8425.

As part of its 'Planning for BME Communities' project, Yorkshire Planning Aid has developed this free one-day event to help groups and individuals to understand what is involved in making a Planning Application.

For anyone thinking of extending their home, changing business premises, or developing new community buildings it is likely that Planning Permission will be needed. This FREE event will help you to understand when you need to apply for Planning Permission and what is involved:
~ Information about the planning application process and how to get it right
~ Planning Application workshops and activities
~ An opportunity to speak to planners about your own application

The session is being piloted in Kirklees and will run from 10am to 4pm on Wednesday 8th October at the Hudawi Centre in Huddersfield and on Saturday 18th October at the Al-Hikmah Centre in Batley. If successful it will be repeated in other Local Authority areas.

Places need to be booked in advance via Lynsey Brownnutt on 0113 237 8425.

Following two successful ‘Planning for non-Planners’ training programmes in 2006 and 2007 Yorkshire Planning Aid is now delighted to be able to offer a much-requested day-long training seminar on s106 agreements.
Date: Thursday 10th April 2008
Venue: St. George's Centre, Leeds

Wherever new building is taking place on a significant scale, you can virtually guarantee that there is a section 106 agreement at work, seeking to secure additional benefits of one sort or another. Many of these will be of great value to local communities, whether it’s a new children’s playground, affordable housing, a community building, improved roads or a better environment. But how much influence do communities actually have on these agreements and how often do the promised benefits fail to appear?

Following two successful ‘Planning for non-Planners’ training programmes in 2006 and 2007, Yorkshire Planning Aid is now delighted to be able to offer a much-requested day-long training seminar on s106 agreements.
Date: Thursday 10th April 2008
Venue: St. George's Centre, Leeds

Wherever new building is taking place on a significant scale, you can virtually guarantee that there is a section 106 agreement at work, seeking to secure additional benefits of one sort or another. Many of these will be of great value to local communities, whether it’s a new children’s playground, affordable housing, a community building, improved roads or a better environment. But how much influence do communities actually have on these agreements and how often do the promised benefits fail to appear?

NewStart magazine has a news item about new evidence suggesting ethnic minority communities in London are rarely targeted for regeneration funding at a strategic level, despite often living in the most deprived areas.

It has led to calls for regeneration strategies in the capital to commit to ring-fenced funding for BME communities.

There are more details at:
www.newstartmag.co.uk/news/article/london-report-calls-for-ring-fenced-funding-targeted-at-bme-population