CgMs/Property Week Election Webinar, 27 April

CgMs Consulting are jointly sponsoring, in association with Property Week and Lovells , an "Election Webinar" which will give you the opportunity to both hear and also directly ask the Minister for Housing and Planning, John Healey and Bob Neill, Shadow Minister for Local Government and Planning (and also Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party), any planning or real estate questions that you wish to raise.

The webinar is free to view and ask questions and it will take place live online, via Property Week's web site, on April 27th at 11.00a.m.

All you need to do is click on the link below and this will take you directly to Property Week's registration page which you will need to complete in order to see the event live and ask questions or subsequently view on demand:

The proposed reform of the English planning system is perhaps one of the key policy divisions between the three main English political parties. For example, the Conservative Party's proposed "open source" localism agenda would result, if they are elected, in the abolition of the Regional Development Agencies (and therefore the regional housing targets) and existing or draft development plans are to be replaced with new local neighbourhood plans - based on the local community's own assessment of their future needs.

Both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats also propose to abolish the recently established Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) and propose third party right of appeal and also to stop the practice of "garden grabbing."

The Conservatives also propose to abolish the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) to be replaced by tariffs - of which a portion can be kept by the neighbourhood, whilst Local Authorities can keep pound for pound Council tax receipts from the development of new homes.

These and other differences between the political parties and their proposed changes to the planning system and commitment to the green agenda, will all be addressed in the webinar where you can also put your own questions to John Healey or Bob Neill.

The Liberal Democrat, Labour and Conservative Party Manifesto's can be seen by clicking on:

• Liberal Democrat Manifesto 2010
• Labour Party election Manifesto
• Conservatives Manifesto 2010

For our own assessment of the Conservative Party's proposed changes to the English planning system please also click here to see our recent news bulletin.

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