The programme has been specially developed into three informative and interactive sessions. The day commences at 09.30 with registration and concluding at 16.00. An outline of the sessions is provided below:

SESSION 1: Development Planning & the PPS 25 – The Aspirations 10.00 – 12.00

• Introduction (John Batty, Chairman)
• Keynote speech (Chris Griffin, Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Gloucester Fire and Rescue Service)
• Making PPS 25 count and the new updated PPS 25 Practice Guide (Peter Bide, Department of Communities and Local Government)
• What makes a good flood risk assessment, SFRAs and FRAs - The Environment Agency perspective (Paul Lockhart, Regional Flood Risk Manager, Environment Agency Midlands Region)
• Questions and answers session
• Formal feedback on the objectives of PPS 25 Practice Guide

LUNCH and Exhibitions 12.00 – 12.45

SESSION 2: Delivering PPS25 at the Local Development Scale 12.45 – 14.30

• Introduction to Session 2 – (John Batty, Chairman)
• Influencing development planning through strategic assessments. – Case study examples (Mike Stringer, Royal Haskoning)
• Local Authority perspective (Chris Shaw, Strategic Director of Operations, Tewkesbury Borough Council)
• Developer perspective (Robert Bray, Robert Bray Associates, Landscape Architects)
• Facilitated panel discussions
• Formal feedback on the delivery of PPS 25 guidance

Coffee/tea break 14.30 – 15.00

SESSION 3: Approaches and Tools to Supporting Delivery 15.00 – 16.00

• Introduction to Session 3 (John Batty, Chairman)
• Local Integrated Urban Drainage Pilot case study (Steve Hollins, Project Leader, Telford and Wrekin Council)
• Surface Water Management for developments (Paul Shaffer, Associate, CIRIA)
• Questions and answers session
• Chairman’s concluding comments and close