Wednesday 17th March 2010
Also available -
- Hamilton 10-Mar FULL
- Wellington 15-Mar
- Invercargill 19-Mar
- Nelson 24-Mar
- Auckland 26-Mar FULL
- Hastings 14-Apr
How to write planning policy that delivers the outcomes
you want.
On this one day training course participants will learn how to
write concise and outcome focused planning policy that clearly
communicate the plan’s desired planning outcomes to its
audiences. By the end of the course you will be able to:
- Gain an understanding of the public planning policy
cycle and where the plan making process ‘fits in’
to this wider process
- Identify the relevant planning issues for your
planning area
- Develop clear and deliverable planning policy, and
planning assessment techniques in a language that conveys the
plan’s desired planning outcomes to a wide range of
audiences, including the general public, the development
community, community groups and the decision maker when
considering resource consent application
- Develop clear linkages between objectives, policies,
rules and expected environment outcomes
- Develop planning policy which is legally sound
- Gain an understanding of the importance of planning
policy evaluation techniques for plan making
- Avoid verbosity and meaningless jargon and write in a
punchy and effective style
- Consider the plan’s structure including provide
a layout and format which ensure that the plan’s desired
planning outcomes are easily communicated.
The course will be interactive and will include exercises in
which you identify the key features of a well-written planning
policy and critical evaluate your own work in light of these
standards.
Presenter: Lee Beattie (B.Plan, M.Sc (Lond), Dip EnvMgt MNZPI)
is a practising urban planner specialising in district plan
development and implementation with an extensive range of
experience under the Resource Management Act 1991. Lee also
lectures in district plan policy development, planning methods
and evaluation at the University of Auckland’s School of
Architecture and Planning, and is currently completing his PhD
in Urban Planning.
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