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Please add this to your diaries - we will hold our next Developer Forum ONLINE on 18 April 11:00 - 12:30.
As usual, we'll try to let you know the agenda by the day before.
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Thank you so much for your patience, Forumites! I'm sorry my epic bronchitis delayed this project. We hope everyone is able to map their sites before the start of March but I am around a LOT if you need any help.
The site can be accessed here:
https://cfs.thurrock.urbanintelligence.co.uk/
The first thing you will be asked to do is sign in, so click on the Create Account link below the fields. It's just your email and a password and then you'll need to wait for a confirmation email. I got mine and it just said VERIFYEMAILLINK but it was from noreply@thurrock.urbanintelligence.co.uk so I knew that was our domain. I've asked that the confirmation email look a bit less scammy but if you are keen and create an account before that is improved, that's the email to expect.
Josh has a couple of video explainers and we've discussed making some new ones and I will let you know when those are available. If you are comfortable with the internet you can go ahead and enter your site details. If you're not so comfortable, send me an email at localplan@thurrock.gov.uk and zmcaden@thurrock.gov.uk and we can set up a Teams to walk through it. Or in a week or so we'll have super-short videos for each step.
If we're approaching March and you haven't been able to submit your site, get in touch. We can be flexible but we need to know if we are waiting on submissions.
Thanks for all your patience. I look forward to supporting you in this exercise.
Zoe
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We can announce that the Thurrock Local Plan – Initial Proposals Document (Reg 18) is now live on the website.
As you know, we are the agenda for the extraordinary full council meeting on 6th December at 7pm which will be a public meeting and also live streamed.
You can find more information as well as the document here:
https://democracy.thurrock.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=134&MId=6481&Ver=4
There will be a lot to talk about, so I would remind you that we are having an in person Forum meeting in the morning on the 14th. If you haven’t let us know you are attending, please let us know using this very short form: https://forms.office.com/e/4wHJW6bAyg
I can’t advise whether we will have hybrid ability on the day, so it would be really nice to host you in our offices.
I will make a separate announcement when the Call for Sites portal is ready for use (and I will be available to help you if you need anything).
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The next Forum meeting is at the Council Offices, New Road, Grays, just a couple of minutes' walk from the C2C station. It will take place from 10am - 12 midday on 14th December.
We will be talking through the Reg 18 document*, what still needs to happen before Reg 19, timelines to adoption, resubmitting sites on PlaceMaker, etc plus allowing time to network with each other and talk to members of the Local Plans team face to face.
We are still exploring any opportunity to make this a hybrid event and it would help to know how you prefer to attend. I've made a very simple little form here:
https://forms.office.com/e/4wHJW6bAyg
Again, here are the meeting details:
10am - 12 midday
14th December 2023
We look forward to seeing you soon.
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The recordings are now online. You will always find videos on the right side of the page but for convenience here are the links.
Introducing our new Interim Chief Planning Officer, Tracey Coleman; Interim Director Mark Bradbury discusses the wider Planning service.
Intros
Local Plan Manager Kirsty Paul provides an update to the Local Plan progress including timetable.
Local Plan Update
Josh Hoare-Matthews from Urban Intelligence demonstrates PlaceMaker, a digital tool for site assessment and other types of analysis with a special web portal for Call for Sites submissions. This clip also includes the first part of the Q&A session.
PlaceMaker, Q&A part 1
The remainder of the Q&A
Q&A part 2
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The file has been added to the files section to the right, in the folder September 2023.
We will be joined by Mark Bradbury, Interim Director of Place, and Tracey Coleman, Interim Chief Planning Officer.
See you tomorrow!
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We held a virtual Developer Forum on 18th April 2024. We started with an introduction to our new Chief Planning Officer Ashley Baldwin and then Local Plan Manager Kirsty Paul brought us up to date with the Local Plan including the Initial Proposals consultation held at the start of the year.
The remainder of the Q&A
Josh Hoare-Matthews from Urban Intelligence demonstrates PlaceMaker, a digital tool for site assessment and other types of analysis with a special web portal for Call for Sites submissions. This clip also includes the first part of the Q&A session.
Local Plan Manager Kirsty Paul provides an update to the Local Plan progress including timetable.
Introducing our new Interim Chief Planning Officer, Tracey Coleman; Interim Director Mark Bradbury discusses the wider Planning service.
Part 4 of the recording of the 23rd February 2023 event. This part is a wrap-up by Leigh Nicholson. Not for distribution.
Part 3 of the recording of the 23rd February 2023 event. This part covers the Local Plan Update by Kirsty Paul. Not for distribution.
Part 2 of the recording of the 23rd February 2023 event. This part covers Urban Design and guidance-in-progress by Alec Scragg. Not for distribution.
Part 1 of the recording of the 23rd February 2023 event. This part includes the introduction by Leigh Nicholson and an update on viability by Simon Drummond Hay. Not for distribution.
Part 4 of the recording of the event from 12th September 2002. In this part, Kirsty talks us through the ever-evolving PPA process, Leigh Nicholson sums up, and attendees are able to ask questions. Maybe they've asked something you were wondering. No? Ask your question using the Questions button. (there are three buttons - News Feed Questions Whiteboard 09.2022) Not for distribution.
Part 3 of the recording of the event from 12th September 2002. This part is on "Creating Successful Places" with Owen Reading on the review of the Thurrock Design Strategy and the Sites Appraisal work with Robert Hayward, both of David Lock Associates. Not for distribution. Alternate F*R*I*E*N*D*S title: The One With the Whiteboard that Couldn't
Part 2 of the recording of the Developer Forum held 12th September 2022. This part covers the Local Plan update by Kirsty Paul, Local Plans Manager. Not for distribution.
Part 1 of the recording of the 12th September 2022 event. This part includes the introduction by Leigh Nicholson and comments by Acting Leader Councillor Mark Coxshall, "Putting people at the heart of Plan Making". Not for distribution.
Part 4 of the recording of the 14th June 2022 event. This concludes the event with a slide of key points with Leigh Nicholson and a Q&A. Not for distribution.
Part 3 of the recording of the 14th June 2022 event. This part includes discussions of the Town Centre Strategy with Cathy Hall and the Thurrock Transport Model with Tom van Vuren and Grace Solsby. Not for distribution.