50 years on: the resurgence of planning...ciaran lynch mipi, lit 12.40 revitalising rural towns...

50 Years On: The Resurgence of Planning Irish Planning Institute40th Anniversary National Planning Conference 2015

Thursday 16th – Friday 17th AprilClarion Hotel, CorkIPI CPD Credits: 14 (two day attendance)

Come to hear and debate the latest in planning policy, research and practice Reflect on the past fifty years of planning while looking ahead to future challenges Network with planners and other built environment professionals Visit sites of planning action including city centre and harbour developments

50 Years On: The Resurgence of Planning 40th Anniversary National Planning Conference 2015

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President’s Invitation

With the Republic’s modern planning system reaching its 50th anniversary last year, significant local government and planning reform in Northern Ireland and the Irish Planning Institute celebrating its 40th birthday in 2015, it gives me great pleasure to invite you to attend this year’s National Planning Conference in Cork.

The National Planning Conference is a forum for debate, learning and networking and this year will be no different. As

noted in the recently published National Planning Policy Statement 2015 a “forward-looking, visionary and dynamic planning process” is a significant catalyst. The time is ripe for reflection on past experience while looking to the future of planning in Ireland and overseas.

On the Wednesday evening we are hosting a members’ only reception to provide an update on SPECIAL and other initiatives undertaken on your behalf by the Institute. The Thursday afternoon provides a range of interesting and relevant workshops including tours of Cork Harbour and the city centre. On the Friday afternoon members and all those interested in planning will have an opportunity to debate the future role of the profession with an expert panel.

I look forward to meeting you in Cork for our 40th anniversary conference!

Mary Hughes MIPI

President

Who should attend?

Delegates will be informed of new policy, research and legislative developments in planning across economic, social, cultural and environmental issues. There will be ample opportunity for networking and exchanging ideas.

• Planning professionals

• Policy makers

• Council chief executives and senior local authority officials

• Elected Representatives

• Engineers

• Architects

• Property developers

• Regulatory officials

• Surveyors

• Legal and financial advisors

• NGOs/Environmental charities

• Members of the public with a keen interest in planning, city centre regeneration or environmental matters.

In May 2012 the LGMA Local Authority Services National Training Group endorsed conferences/seminars organised by the IPI for attendance by local government employees.


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Wednesday15th April

Members’ Briefing and Welcome Reception – Cork City Hall - kindly supported by Cork City Council and Cork County Council

19.00 – 20.00 Welcome

Update on IPI work and priorities

Thursday16th April

09.00 – 09.30 Delegate Registration

09.30 President’s WelcomeMary Hughes MIPI, President

09.40 Opening AddressPaudie Coffey TD, Minister for Housing, Planning and and Co-ordination of the Construction 2020 Strategy

Sustainable CitiesChair: Ann Doherty, Chief Executive, Cork City Council

09.55 Taking Second Cities Seriously - Lessons from Greater Manchester for Irish CitiesProf Alan Harding, University of Liverpool

10.25 The Role of Planning: The Development PerspectiveMichael O’Flynn, O’Flynn Group

10.55 Questions & Answers

11.15 Refreshment Break

Expectations v. Reality - Life Outside the CapitalChair: Dr. Mary Kelly, Chairperson, An Bord Pleanála

11.40 Perspectives on Rural HousingDr. Karen Keaveney, School of Agriculture and Food Science, UCD

12.10 Energising Ireland’s Rural EconomyCiaran Lynch MIPI, LIT

12.40 Revitalising Rural TownsProf. Cathal O’Donoghue, Teagasc


13.30 Lunch

Conference Schedule Thursday Afternoon

Option I Cork Harbour Boat Trip

14.30 – 16.45 One of the finest natural harbours in the world, this fieldtrip will be led by Dr. Nicholas Mansergh MIPI, Senior Planner Cork County Council and Denis Healy Port of Cork. The tour will depart from the heart of the city and travel downstream passing Blackrock Castle, Cobh, Ringaskiddy Deep Water Port and Spike Island. During the voyage the history and evolution of the harbour will be outlined along with future projects and plans. Please note places are limited, please reserve your place when booking.

Option II City Centre Revitalisation Study Trip

14.30 – 16.45 This walking tour will focus on the Cork City Centre Strategy and public and private sector projects and initiatives in the city centre, including public realm improvements, economic development initiatives, arts and cultural projects and retail and office developments. This tour will be led by Cork City Council. Please note places are limited, please reserve your place when booking.

Option III Environmental Planning & Resource ManagementChair: Tricia O’Sullivan Chair Cork Branch Irish Planning Institute

14.30 – 16.45 Interpreting Flood Risk and Planning to Live with the Flood Waters Mark Adamson, Office of Public Works

Harnessing our Ocean Wealth – Issues for an Integrated Marine Plan for Ireland Eoin Fannon, Office of the Attorney General

Reform of Foreshore Legislation – Implications for Marine Development and ManagementDr. Anne Marie O’Hagan, Hydraulics & Maritime Research Centre, UCC

Transition Town Kinsale Initiative – A Low Carbon FutureAlan Clayton, Transition Town Kinsale

Questions & Answers

Option IV Creating Liveable Cities and RegionsChair: John O’Neill, Director of Service – Planning, Cork County Council

14.30 – 16.45 Place Making Place Branding Gerry Hughes, GVA

Adapting & Reusing Our Built HeritageGrainne Shaffrey, Shaffrey Associates

Making Places and Making Plans: Cork Framework Masterplan StudiesAndrew Hind, Cork County Council

Questions & Answers


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Thursday Evening

19.30 Drinks Reception – Clarion Hotel – kindly supported by Cork City Council and Cork County Council

20.00 Gala Dinner Pre-Dinner Speaker – John Mullins, Chairman Port of Cork

Friday17th April

9.00 – 9.30 Delegate Registration

Power, Politics and PlanningChair: TBC

9.30 Resurgence of National Planning Niall Cussen MIPI, DoECLG

10.00 The Proposed Planning Regulator: Problems and PossibilitiesSuzanne Murray BL MIPI


10.45 Refreshment Break

Planning at Different ScalesChair: Will Brady, Centre for Planning Education and Research, UCC

11.15 Irish Water & Implications for DevelopmentSuzanne Dempsey MIPI, Irish Water

11.45 Localism and Local Government ReformDr. Aodh Quinlivan, Department of Government, UCC

12.15 The European Planning AgendaHenk van der Kamp FIPI, President ECTP-CEU


13.00 Lunch

FridayAfternoon

Panel Discussion: “The Primary Obligation of Planners is to Serve the Common Good” – The Role of Planners and their Institute in the next 40 YearsChair: Pat Ledwidge MIPI, Director of Service, Cork City Council

14.00 – 16.00 Linda Fox Rogers MIPI, Ciarán Lynch MIPI, Diarmuid Ó Gráda MIPI, Harry Walsh MIPI, Sinéad Carr MIPI

Mary HughesMary Hughes is President of the Irish Planning Institute. With in excess of 17 years’ experience in planning, Mary worked for different planning authorities throughout Ireland. In 2002 she left the public sector and became Associate Director of an international transport and planning consultancy before establishing HRA Planning in 2005 with Gary Rowan.

Paudie CoffeyPaudie Coffey is the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment with Special Responsibility for Housing, Planning and Coordination of the Construction 2020 Strategy. He has been a member of Dáil Eireann since 2011 and previously a member of Seanad Eireann from 2007. He was elected to Waterford County Council in 1999 and re-elected in 2004.

Alan HardingProfessor Alan Harding is director of the Heseltine Institute for Public Policy and Practice, University of Liverpool. With more than 20 years’ experience of managing applied and policy-relevant research projects and programmes at local, regional, national and international levels, Alan has an established reputation for leading and disseminating multi-disciplinary urban and regional research and promoting inter-disciplinary dialogue. He has played a prominent role in rethinking

the relationship between urban and regional policy and governance and the role of key urban centres in the national and global economy. Alan has acted as policy adviser to OECD, UK Government departments, House of Commons Select Committees, regional and sub-regional agencies, city councils and private sector organisations. He was a member of the Advisory Group for the Manchester Independent Economic Review.

Ann DohertyAnn Doherty joined Cork City Council as Chief Executive in September 2014. An MBA, prior to this Ann has been a National Director with HSE with her last assignment being as CEO of UL Hospitals in the Mid West.

Mary KellyDr. Mary Kelly was appointed Chairperson of the Board in August 2011. She had been the Director General of the Environmental Protection Agency since May 2002. She holds a PhD in Chemistry from Trinity College Dublin, and an MBA from Dublin City University. Mary previously worked with IBEC, the Irish Business and Employers Confederation, where she was responsible for environmental policy, and before that in the pharmaceutical industry. She was elected to membership of the Royal Irish Academy in 2008 and has served on the Council of the Academy

Speakers


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Michael O’FlynnMichael O’Flynn is chairman and managing director of the O’Flynn Group, which he founded in 1978. The Group, which incorporates O’Flynn Construction, Tiger Developments, Victoria Hall and Shelbourne Senior Living, is one of thelargest privately owned Irish property and construction companies and operates a number of businesses in Ireland, the UK and mainland Europe.

Karen KeaveneyDr. Karen Keaveney is a Lecturer in Rural Development in the School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin. Previously, Karen was Lecturer in Rural Spatial Planning in the Institute of Spatial and Environmental Planning (ISEP) in the School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast. She is a qualified Urban and Regional Planner (UCD) with an undergraduate degree in Geography (NUI Galway) and PhD in Geography (NUIM). Karen’s key areas of interest are rural planning, rural housing and rural development. She has expertise in local decision-making and governance, rural power relations and socio-economic change in the countryside.

Ciarán LynchCiaran has a background in sociology, town planning, rural development and governance. He has a long history in rural development planning and management. He worked as a local authority planner for over 20 years and

was Planning and Development Officer for County Clare for 13 years. He was formerly the Head of the Sustainable Rural Development Department at Tipperary Institute and is currently the Development Manager of LIT. He was also a student member of the first Council of the IPI. His areas of interest, in which he has both lectured and practiced over the years, are governance, rural and local development, local government, community-based decision-making and local and strategic planning. He is also a former Director of the National Rural Network.

Cathal O’DonoghueProf Cathal O’Donoghue is Head of Rural Economy and Development with Teagasc. He is also adjunct professor in UCD and NUI Galway and Professor (Extra-ordinary) at the University of Maastricht. He has degrees from UCC, the University of Oxford, UCD, and the University of Warwick, with his PhD from the LSE. He is co author, with David Meredith, of the Index of the Economic Strength of Rural Towns in Ireland (2014) and was CEO of the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas (CEDRA).

Nicholas ManserghDr. Nicholas Mansergh is Senior Planner with Cork County Council.

Denis HealyDenis Healy is a chartered engineer and is manager of engineering services with the Port of Cork and is current chair of Cork Chamber’s transport and infrastructure committee.

Tricia O’SullivanTricia O’Sullivan established TPlan: Planning Options & Solutions in 2010. She is chairperson of the Irish Planning Institute’s Cork Branch.

Mark AdamsonMark is the Head of the Flood Relief and Risk Management Division in the Office of Public Works, where he has been since 1998 having previously worked for a few years as a consultant in the UK and overseas. Mark is responsible for the implementation of the EU Floods Directive in Ireland, for the National flood risk assessment, mapping and management Programme, and for the technical aspects of the design of flood relief schemes. He also played a key role in the development of the Guidelines on the Planning System and Flood Risk Management, and has recently led the preparation of the National Climate Change Sectoral Adaptation Plan for flood risk management for Ireland. Mark is also the Co-Chairman of the EU Working Group on Floods.Eoin FannonEoin V. Fannon is a barrister and Advisory Counsel at Office of the Attorney General. He also holds an MA in International Relations from DCU.

Anne Marie O’HaganDr. Anne Marie O’Hagan has over 15 years of experience in coastal and marine research and is currently a senior research fellow in Beaufort, University College Cork. Her current research focuses on the law, policy and environmental aspects of ocean energy development and how these can be accommodated in planning and management systems. Dr. O’Hagan qualified in environmental science before undertaking a Ph.D. on the legal framework for coastal management in Ireland. She subsequently completed a degree in law. Dr. O’Hagan is a recognised expert on national and European coastal and marine legislation and policy.

Alan ClaytonAlan has a track record in “sustainability” having launched an award winning “green” hotel in 1990 in the English Lake District, made Kinsale Ireland’s 2nd Fairtrade Town in 1995, and served as a Green Party councillor until the council was dissolved. That history led to the involvement from 2008 in the world’s first Transition Town initiative in Kinsale as the “environmentalists” looked to mainstream the Transition vision within the community - a cultural struggle that has proved common to all such initiatives. For the last 8 years TTK haslaunched initiatives covering local food, education, transport, and energy where over €100k was raised and invested in a biofuel project which has yet to see the light of day.


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John O’NeillJohn O’Neill is Director of Service, Planning at Cork County Council.

Gerry HughesGerry Hughes is a Senior Director at GVA, and Head of the firm’s Planning, Development and Regeneration Division, comprising 160 professional staff across the UK and Ireland. Gerry’s area of specialism is in providing advice on planning, urban regeneration, economic development and spatial planning, with a focus on scheme delivery. He led the consultancy team that produced the economic strategy and city centre spatial plan for Limerick. He has conducted similar exercises in Lisburn, Sheffield, Preston and Chester in the UK. He is currently advising on a number of major schemes, including Brent Cross Cricklewood, one of London’s largest regeneration projects, Wichelstowe - a major residential-led urban extension of more than 3.500 homes on the outskirts of Swindon, Wiltshire and a number of large scale estate renewal projects in London. Gerry has 27 years’ professional experience as a Town Planner working in the private sector.

Grainne ShaffreyGrainne Shaffrey is an architect and urban designer and a principal of Shaffrey Associates Architects. Shaffrey Associates architectural work includes the conservation, adaptation and extension of historic buildings and the design of new buildings in historic settings. The urban design practice centres principally

on historic/existing urban centres and complexes including their regeneration, consolidation and extension. Research also forms an important element in her overall practice.

Andrew Hind A past president of the Irish Planning Institute, Andrew Hind was born and brought up in Staffordshire. A Town & Country Planning Graduate from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (1979)he hasworked for a variety of UK authorities: London Borough of Haringey, South Holland District Council, Colwyn Borough Council, East Staffordshire District Council and Wear Valley District Council. In 1988 he joined a private sector form of planning consultants as part of Prudential Property Services in Huntingdon. In 1993, was appointed Assistant National Director of the land, Planning and new Homes Division of Woolwich Property Services. In 2001 he joined the planning directorate of Cork County Council and in 2008 was appointed Senior Planner with responsibility for planning policy.

John MullinsJohn Mullins is Chief Executive Officer of Amarenco, a company which is focused on solar asset development, financing and ownership in Europe and particularly in the South of France. John Mullins was Chief Executive of Bord Gáis from December 2007 until the end of 2012. During this time, BGE established a significant electricity business, renewable and conventional generation assets.

He has held senior management positions with ESB, ESB International, Pricewaterhouse Coopers (UK) and NTR plc. Group. He is a Fellow of Engineers Ireland and the Irish Academy of Engineering and is a member of the UCC Governing Body. He is Chairman of the Port of Cork Company and a Director of Wisetek Limited and Climate. John has served as Chairman of the Bord Gais Pension Fund and now serves as Chairman of the Port of Cork Pension Fund. He holds a Bachelor and Masters degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA from the Smurfit Business School in UCD, Dublin.

Niall CussenNiall Cussen is currently Principal Adviser (Planning) in the Water and Planning Division of the Department of the Environment Community and Local Government. Niall has particular responsibility for national spatial planning and regional development matters, addressing unfinished housing developments, the Dublin Housing Task Force and also leads the Departments Planning Advisers in progressing both the Departments and the wider Government business agenda in so far as they relate to planning and related matters. Before joining the Department in 2000, Niall worked in a number of planning posts in the previous 11 years in both local authorities such as Clare, Meath and Dublin City and An Bord Pleanála where he was a Senior Inspector. Mr Cussen possesses qualifications in economics, regional and urban planning

and environmental engineering from Maynooth University, UCD and TCD and is a member and past president of the Irish Planning Institute.

Suzanne MurraySuzanne Murray is a member of the Irish Planning Institute. She is a qualified planner and practicing barrister based in Dublin.

Will BradyWilliam Brady is a member of the Irish Planning Institute and a lecturer at the UCC Centre for Planning Education and Research. Prior to this he was Associate Director with Matrix Associates in 2007, contributing to a range of planning and development projects across Ireland and the UK.

Suzanne DempseySuzanne Dempsey is a spatial planner, environmental scientist and civil engineer and has been working in the provision of water services and the protection of water resources in Ireland and further afield for the last 20 years. She is currently the spatial planning strategy specialist at Irish Water and has first-hand experience of the challenges to be addressed in providing water services. She is the project manager for the development of Irish Water’s “Water Services Strategic Plan”, the first water services plan to be developed at a national scale in Ireland. The plan addresses the provision of water servicesto the current population and how Irish Water will support social and economic


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development through the provision of appropriate water services. She is a member of the IPI.

Aodh QuinlivanAodh worked in Cork County Council from 1994 to 2000, during which time he undertook his PhD on a part-time basis. On completion of his doctoral thesis, Aodh joined UCC as a college lecturer in 2000. He was promoted to an “Above the Bar” lecturer in 2005. Aodh is the Director of the BSc Government degree programme and the MSc Government programme. His main research interests are in the areas of local government and public sector management. He is regarded as Ireland’s leading specialist on local government and has published widely in this area.

Pat LedwidgePatrick Ledwidge commenced the role of Director of Services – Strategic Planning and Economic Development in Cork City Council on March 1st 2012. Since January 2006, he held the position of Director of Services - Docklands and, prior to 2006, Director of Services - Community and Enterprise since 1999. He is also a member of the Board of Studies for the Masters in Sustainable Planning degree awarded by University College Cork. He was President of the Irish Planning Institute in 1993/94 and continues to be a member of the Institute.

Henk van der KampHendrik W van der Kamp was educated at Technical University Eindhoven, Netherlands. He is the Head of the School of Spatial Planning and Transport Engineering in Dublin Institute of Technology. Previously he worked in Cork County Council, An Foras Forbartha, An Bord Pleanala and University College Dublin. He has over thirty years of experience in professional planning practice in Ireland and was President of the Irish Planning Institute on two occasions. He was member of the Expert Advisory Group for the National Spatial Strategy and in 2013 completed an independent review of recommendations relating to planning policy and practice for the Irish Government. He speaks frequently at conferences in Ireland and abroad on issues relating to spatial planning. He is currently president of the European Council of Spatial Planners, the umbrella organisation for spatial Planning institutes in Europe. He was vice-chair of the COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Transport and Urban Development Domain Committee from 2010-2014. He is member of Engineers Ireland and fellow member of the Irish Planning Institute.

Linda Fox RogersDr. Linda Fox-Rogers is a postdoctoral research fellow in the School of Geography, Planning and EnvironmentalPolicy (GPEP) at University College

Dublin. Linda is a qualified planner after successfully completing a Masters in Regional and Urban Planning in UCD in 2009. She also holds a PhD in Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy. Linda’s research interests are varied but primarily relate to issues of power and politics in the planning system and the neoliberalisation of planning as a state institution. More recently, Linda has worked alongside Dr. Enda Murphy to explore some of the ethical dilemmas facing planning practitioners and this work has culminated in the publication of papers entitled “Self-Perceptions of the Role of the Planner” (Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, In Press) and “Planners Perceptions of the Common Good” (Cities, 2015).

Diarmuid Ó GrádaDr Diarmuid Ó Gráda has worked in Dublin local authorities and An Bord Pleanála before working as a self-employed planning consultant from 2000. He has lectured in planning at University College Dublin. He is author of the forthcoming book “Georgian Dublin: The Forces That Shaped the City” (Cork University Press). He is a member and former Treasurer and PRO of the Irish Planning Institute.

Sinéad CarrSinéad Carr is Director of Services for Enterprise and Economic Development, Community Development with

responsibilities for Heritage, The Arts, And Sport at Tipperary County Council. She is a member of the Irish Planning Institute.

Harry WalshHarry is a Director of McCutcheon Halley Walsh. He joined the practice from Donegal County Council in 2002 and, with over 13 years’ experience, has developed extensive experience of planning issues from both a public and private sector perspective. Harry provides planning advice to developers, public authorities and multi-national companies across a wide range of sectors including education, industry, residential, retail, waste management and renewable energy. Harry manages the planning interests of a number of large private and multi-national clients and provides them with a full planning and management service. This service includes advice on the appointment of design teams, administration and supervision of the design process, all planning consultancy services and responsibility for the guidance of projects through the planning system. He is a member of the Irish Planning Institute.


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Delegate Package Two Day Rate One Day Rate w/o Dinner

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IPI Member €299 €140 €190 €65

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€450 €210 €260 €65

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€145 n/a n/a €65

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€299 €140 €190 €65

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Revenues from IPI events and membership subscriptions go back into planning and the profession, making the IPI’s work to advance planning and promote the profession for the benefit of the community and the common good possible.

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