Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service

Applications Open for HomeGrown Plus Venice Fellowship Programme ! We’re proud to announce that HomeGrown Plus is a UK Partner for the British Council’s 2025 Venice Fellowships Programme! We are sponsoring and supporting two emerging creatives from non-traditional backgrounds to spend one month in Venice during the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale on a guided research residency. The Fellows will represent HomeGrown Plus and volunteer as exhibition ambassadors at the British Pavilion. During their time in Venice, they will undertake a creative or research project in a subject of their choice aligned with the themes of the Biennale and/or British Pavilion. We want to support creatives who have never been to Venice and/or the Venice Biennale before. In your applications, we’re interested in seeing who YOU are and what YOU are passionate about. This is a time for experimentation and exploration - don’t worry about having everything polished! Deadline for applications: 29th November 2024 noon For more details and how to apply, check out the HomeGrown Plus website! Go to https://lnkd.in/dn3Bcuci to find out more!

♻️ Are you thinking about installing solar panels? Visit our dedicated webpage to help you navigate your planning permission needs. 🔎Explore the Solar Panels webpage here: https://lnkd.in/eKJyubZe South Cambridgeshire District Council Cambridge City Council #SolarPanels #PlanningPermission #GreaterCambridge #Cambridge #SouthCambs

✨️ Thank you to the Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service Youth Engagement Service (YES) Tom Davies MRTPI FRSA Dr. Bonnie Kwok FRSA and the YES Mascot Bob 🐶 for representing our service at the annual Network CB23 Primary School Careers Convention, which took place at the Great Barn, Bourn, Cambridge on 8 October 2024. We are pleased that Cllr Dr. Tumi Hawkins, Lead Cabinet Member for Planning at South Cambridgeshire District Council attended the event and supported the YES Team. 🏆 The award-winning YES Team is experienced in planning, designing and delivering impactful activities for children and young people nationally. 👷🏾♀️ This Convention is one of the many outreach projects which the YES team take part in. It was an opportunity to encourage over 500 primary school students from the Greater Cambridge region, aged between 10 and 12, to consider pursuing careers in the built and natural environment professions, and to learn about the basics of placemaking and citizenship. 🏗 The YES Team gave useful advice on the subjects that they need to study at GCSE, A-Level and university in order to obtain relevant qualifications to become a town planner, urban designer, architect, landscape architect, arboriculturist, heritage specialist and ecologist. Children also learnt about the basics of placemaking through fun games and quizzes. 😊 The YES Team gave an introduction to its popular Summer Work Experience Programme, which aims to offer young people the opportunity to gain practical experience in the planning department. 📊 The YES Team also supported the Policy & Performance Team at South Cambridgeshire District Council: the Team ran an in-person survey with over 350 children to understand what they considered important in terms of corporate priorities for the Council, using their award-winning youth engagement methods. It generated useful qualitative and quantitative data to help plan community facilities for our youth population. 👍 We are pleased that over 500 students benefitted from our youth engagement service. Our partner schools included: Barnabas Oley CE Primary School, Barton CE (VA) Primary School, Bourn CE Primary Academy, Caldecote Primary School, Comberton Village College, Coton CE Primary School, Dry Drayton CE Primary School, Gamlingay Village Primary School, Hardwick and Cambourne Primary School, Haslingfield Endowed Primary School, Jeavons Wood Primary School, Meridian Primary School, Monkfield Park Primary School ane the Vine Inter-Church Primary School. 🤝 Thank you to Network CB23 Jill Foster for inviting the YES Team to support this important youth engagement event. #Careers #YouthEngagement #architecture #PlaceMaking #UrbanDesign #Teamwork #community #esg Kevin Ledger Liz Watts Heather Jones FCIOB FCABE FInstLM AIFireE FRSA Victoria Thornton OBE HonFRIBA FRSA Neil Pinder Trovine Monteiro Ammar Al Asaad TET (ThorntonEducationTrust)

This Wednesday, join us for the Cambridge Biomedical Campus update

✨The Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service is pioneering the development of a new AI tool to improve how public feedback on planning policies is reviewed and analysed.     💬 Funded by the Government’s #PropTech Innovation Fund and developed with the University of Liverpool, this AI tool has the potential to significantly speed up the process of summarising thousands of comments from community consultations without compromising on quality.    🤝With input from Anglia Ruskin University and University of Cambridge, the project prioritises transparency and inclusivity. AI will assist, but humans will still play a key role in decision-making.    ⬇️Find out more about how AI could transform public engagement in planning: https://lnkd.in/euDPEqHR South Cambridgeshire District Council Cambridge City Council #AIPlanning #CommunityEngagement #Cambridge #GreaterCambridge #SouthCambs #AI Terry De Sousa Cambridge Association of Architects Cambridgeshire Development Forum

Our award-winning Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service Youth Engagement Service (YES) Team was delighted to attend the ‘Engaging New and Emerging Communities Conference’ at the Storeys Field Community Centre in Cambridge on Saturday 5 October 2024. Our Deputy Director and YES Champion Heather Jones FCIOB FCABE FInstLM AIFireE FRSA and YES Manager Dr. Bonnie Kwok FRSA facilitated two workshops and shared tips on 'How best to engage children & young people in the planning and design process to help build healthy communities'. The Workshops also included a fun youth engagement quiz which was very well received. Congratulations to all the winners who received a lovely gift from our YES Mascot Bob 🐶. It was great to see South Cambridgeshire District Council Planning Lead and YES Supporter Cllr Dr. Tumi Hawkins at the Conference. The Conference, organised jointly by South Cambridgeshire District Council, Cambridge City Council and Cambridgeshire County Council, was very well attended. It brought together community and voluntary organisations, planners, developers, designers and residents associations, who all have an interest in improving the future of new communities and making them safer and greener places to live. The excellent opening speech was by Cllr Brian Milnes, Deputy Leader of South Cambridgeshire District Council. The key note address was from Cormac Russell, a leading international figure and promoter of ABCD community development. He spoke about the process of discovering, connecting and mobilising community assets. He demonstrated his ideas with international case studies. It was a very enjoyable day - full of inspiring and useful information. It also provided an great opportunity to make connections with many community engagement specialists. A big thank you to Tom Davies MRTPI FRSA for supporting our YES Team's Workshops. Credit goes to the Conference Lead & Growth Manager Clare Gibbons, Nicky West and Katie Ixer. Thanks also to the event sponsors Hopkin Homes, Bellway Homes, David Wilson Homes and Urban&Civic #placemaking #newcommunities #communityengagement #sustainability #communities #youthengagement

🌟Last week, the Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service had the pleasure of supporting the Royal Town Planning Institute's Young Planners’ Conference, a 2-day event right here in Cambridge! The conference focused on opportunity, change, and collaboration, with discussions highlighting career and learning opportunities for young planners. Key themes included resourcing, education for built environment professionals and fostering collaborative working between the private and public sectors. We were proud to have several of our young planners in attendance, contributing to and learning from the insightful conversations throughout the event. The highlights of our involvement included: 💬 Stephen Kelly, Director of Planning and Economic Development, delivered a compelling keynote address to set the stage for the event. 🎤 John Cornell FRGS, Natural Environment Team Leader, participated in a panel on Growth and the Natural Environment. 🎤 Philippa Kelly, Strategic Sites Manager, contributed to a discussion on the Importance of Clusters to the Life Science Sector and the Changing Dynamic between City and Campus. 🚶♂️ Jonathan Brookes, Strategic Sites Team Leader, led a tour of one of our key development sites, offering attendees valuable insights into our work. 🙌 One of our young planners reflected on the experience, saying: "The Young Planners Conference was a fantastic opportunity to catch up on planning news, practices, and hear about some interesting case studies from a wide range of professionals in the field. The chance to discuss ideas and professional experiences with other like-minded planners from different parts of the country was a huge bonus." It’s always a pleasure to be part of such an event, helping to inspire and shape the future of planning in Greater Cambridge and beyond! ©️ Image credits to Carter Jonas #YPConf24 #RTPIYoungPlanners #GCSP #GreaterCambridge #PlanningForTheFuture #YoungPlanners #CambridgePlanning #Networking #Cambridge South Cambridgeshire District Council Cambridge City Council

🎉 We are delighted to announce that we have recruited 10 additional Panel Members to join our Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service Design Review Panel (GCDRP). 🌱 The new Sustainability Experts are: Anna Pamphilon, Kat Scott, Louise Wille and Shikha Bhardwaj. We are keen to utilise their expertise to promote sustainable developments across the Greater Cambridge region and beyond! ♿️ The new Access Experts are: Steve Dering, Teri Okoro MBA ChPP FRIBA FAPM, Jasmine O'Garro, a Senior consultant at Arcadis Consulting (UK) Ltd, Tahmina Begum, Jo Williams and Karen Ross. We are pleased to share that the extending of the remit of the GCDRP to review the access aspects of new proposals strengthens our commitment to inclusive design. 💪 This now larger pool of over 50 panel members will bring enormous expertise and experience to the GCDRP, which covers architecture, landscape design, community development, urban design, transport, sustainability and disability access. 📣 We are pleased to announce that we are now providing our high-quality design review service nationally! 💡 Design Review is an established and effective way of enhancing the quality of the built environment. It offers multi-disciplinary, independent and expert advice. It is a critical friend to all parties, it is a collaborative process and works in the public interest. It is advisory and gives decision makers the confidence and information to support innovative, high quality designs. 👍 Our Case Officers and Members of both South Cambridgeshire District Council and Cambridge City Council's Planning Committee value input by our GCDRP Members, who have extensive knowledge and experience of the local context and national planning policies. Visit our website for further information about our popular design review service: https://lnkd.in/gvzX-Fp3 #designreview #placemaking #sustainablecommunities Heather Jones FCIOB FCABE FInstLM AIFireE FRSA Jane Green Trovine Monteiro Tom Davies MRTPI FRSA Dr. Bonnie Kwok FRSA Dr. Tumi Hawkins Katie Thornburrow

⚗️ 🔬 ✔️ Our Planning Committee met today and approved plans for a new research and development / office building at South Cambridge Science Centre, Sawston 🖱️ Read more by following the link in the comments

📢 Join us for a Planning Update on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus  🔎 Get the latest insights on upcoming projects and proposals, hear directly from key stakeholders and experts about future developments in the area and have your questions answered.    🗓 Date & Time: Wednesday 23 October, 6pm - 7:30pm  🏢 Location: 1000 Discovery Drive, off Dame Mary Archer Way   🚶 Arrivals: From 5:45pm for a prompt 6:00pm start. This meeting will also be streamed live on the South Cambridgeshire District Council YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/edBG5Njx What's on the agenda?  • The Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC) Landowners Forum - Their long-term development and expansion aspirations.  • JMS on behalf of Network Rail - Update on the new Cambridge South Station.   • Greater Cambridge Partnership - Cambridge South East Transport (CSET) and Greenway projects.  • Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service (GCSP) - Latest on current proposals and an update on the Local Plan and guidance document.    🚗 Parking: Car Park 2 is the closest (approx. 2-minute walk).  🚲 Cycle Parking: Available outside the building.  💡 Note: The venue is brand new and may not yet appear on Google Maps or Streetview.    No registration is required to attend - Just come along. A recording of the event will be available on our website afterwards for those unable to join in person or online. #GreaterCambridge #Cambridge Terry De Sousa Cambridge City Council South Cambridgeshire District Council