Women in Planning West Midlands

Yesterday morning, we hosted our first Breakfast CPD event of the year with WSP and Fieldfisher, where we discussed the latest updates in transport planning, and the legal and practical implications of BNG. It was a fantastic turnout and great to meet so many new and familiar faces to start our 2025! Thank you very much to Dan Griffiths and Dinah Patel for their incredibly inciteful presentations. We hope to see you all at our next event to be announced soon! #womeninplanning #empowerment #transportplanning #bng

Hoping to shake off the winter blues at our first January event with a line up of great speakers 🎤 including Dan Griffiths at WSP, Dinah Patel at Fieldfisher and Killian Garvey at Kings Chambers. Arrival from 8.30am ☕ starting at 9.00am. All FREE thanks to our sponsors. See you there! 👋

I am delighted to be speaking at Women in Planning West Midlands January Planning Update at WSP Birmingham Offices along with Dan Griffiths from WSP and Killian GarveyKings Chambers. Killian will be delivering an update on the new NPPF. Come armed with your questions and comments! Details below if you haven't signed up already. WSP's offices are in the Mailbox within walking distance from New Street Station #Fieldfisher #womeninplanning

🌟 Happy New Year from Women in Planning West Midlands! 🌟 We hope you all had a wonderful winter break and are feeling refreshed and ready for the year ahead! We’re excited to be back and have some fantastic events lined up for 2025. 🎉 Before we get started, we’d like to introduce our new committee. These amazing individuals work tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure we can host inspiring events throughout the year. A huge thank you to them for their dedication and hard work! We are always looking for opportunities to collaborate with organisations and individuals who share our vision. If you're interested in sponsoring our events or supporting us in any way, please don’t hesitate to get in touch! You can message us here or email us at womeninplanningwestmids@gmail.com Let’s make 2025 a year of growth, learning, and connection. We can’t wait to see you all at our upcoming events! #WomenInPlanning #WestMidlands #NewYear2025 #PlanningProfessionals #Networking #Events

What a fantastic night last night at Dirty Martini for the Women in Planning West Midlands Christmas networking drinks. Thank you to Cerda Planning Limited and Wright Hassall LLP for their kind sponsorship and support with this event. The West Mids Committee host some fantastic events throughout the year but it always nice sometimes to just have a drink and a natter with contacts new and old. It has been a very busy year for the West Mids Committee this year with some 15 events hosted. If your missing out, sign up to our mailing list and the events will be sent direct to your inbox. We heard from Debbie Farrington last night and myself how fantastic the Women in Planning group is at giving women a platform and providing them with support. BUT we are not just for women, men can come too! We need your support to continue to grow. Here is to 2025 which brings with it a change in Chair. Thank you to Rose Sanger for her fantastic leadership this year. You will be greatly missed from the committee. Rachel Blanchard and Georgina Kean will be stepping up from Joint Vice Chair to Joint Chair next year. WIP Committee: Rose Sanger (Chair), Rachel Blanchard (Co-Vice Chair), Georgina Kean (Co-Vice Chair), Emily Benstead, Phoebe Farrell, Rebecca Mushing, Laura Swindells, Emily Hill, Dinah Patel, Martha Jennings, Ellie Liggins-Hughes and Sarah Jones

Join us for an insightful morning as we delve into the latest updates in Planning Law and Town Planning. We may even have a new NPPF to discuss! This event will feature expert speakers from: WSP's Birmingham Planning Team Kings Chambers Fieldfisher We look forward to seeing you there! This event is kindly sponsored by WSP , Fieldfisher and Kings Chambers Tickets - https://lnkd.in/dR2v9sNj

Thank you to all those that attended our Attending Planning Committee event on Thursday night. This event was kindly sponsored by Knights and Laura Swindells. If you would like a pdf of the handout note, message Laura.

Last night we co-hosted our first Paint and Sip event with Birmingham Architectural Association and particularly the President Bethany Long! A huge thank you to event sponsor Crown Paints, BAA and their supporters for a fantastic evening painting and relaxed networking! A gorgeous selection of paints to use, whilst we chatted, sipped and painted🎨 So much talent in the room but we were too busy enjoying ourselves to take photos of all of your final masterpieces, sneak a peak of just a few below! It's great to widen our network and meet so many new faces all working within the Built Environment - we hope to see you at future events WiP Committee: Rose Sanger (Chair), Rachel Blanchard (Co-Vice Chair), Georgina Kean (Co-Vice Chair), Emily Benstead, Phoebe Farrell, Rebecca Mushing, Laura Swindells, Emily Hill, Dinah Patel, Martha Jennings, Ellie Liggins-Hughes and Sarah Jones

Join Women in Planning West Midlands for an interactive CPD session on Attending Planning Committee: 'Tips and Tricks'. This session will be presented by Knights where they will provide a joint lawyer and town planner perspective on tips and tricks when attending planning committee. The session will begin with an informal networking session before going on to discuss and tackle some key questions such as what can you do so that you are best prepared for committee, how to deal with the unknowns and how politics becomes involved as well as talking through some top presentation tips. Date: Thursday 21st November 2024 Time: 4:30 pm (registration) 5pm (firm event start) Location: Knights, Paradise Birmingham, Two Chamberlain Square, B3 3AX    Kindly sponsored by Knights Tickets: https://lnkd.in/esD-zq2u

Join Women in Planning West Midlands for an interactive CPD session on Attending Planning Committee: 'Tips and Tricks'. This session will be presented by Knights where they will provide a joint lawyer and town planner perspective on tips and tricks when attending planning committee. The session will begin with an informal networking session before going on to discuss and tackle some key questions such as what can you do so that you are best prepared for committee, how to deal with the unknowns and how politics becomes involved as well as talking through some top presentation tips. Date: Thursday 21st November 2024 Time: 4:30 pm (registration) 5pm (firm event start) Location: Knights, Paradise Birmingham, Two Chamberlain Square, B3 3AX    Kindly sponsored by Knights Tickets: https://lnkd.in/esD-zq2u