Explore housing development learning events for local government
A series of events for local government to support the delivery of housing-led developments and regeneration.
Applies to England
Explore an autumn learning programme of events for local government — 18 to 29 November 2024
Introducing a series of events for local government to support the delivery of housing-led developments and regeneration.
The Local Government Capacity Centre has set up this autumn learning programme to support local and combined authorities and housing partners in their work to develop high quality homes and communities.
These sessions have been developed by Homes England, with contributions from a range of government, public and private sector partners.
Autumn learning programme schedule
Local government officers and other partners can learn more about these free knowledge-sharing sessions taking place from 18 to 29 November 2024.
Homes England will apply for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) accreditation for attendees.
The links on this page take you to the Microsoft Virtual Events website where you can find more details of the sessions and register.
We advise that you register for these sessions before Friday 8 November 2024 to secure your place.
Homes England’s work with local leaders and partners to deliver housing-led, mixed-use regeneration in the Midlands
Reflections on Homes England’s place-based approach to working with partners. Insights and lessons learnt from partnership work in Midlands urban regeneration places, including in Digbeth in Birmingham.
Date: Monday 18 November 2024
Time: 10.30am to 12pm
Meeting the key challenges in delivering mandatory biodiversity net gain
Explore key challenges and opportunities addressing mandatory biodiversity net gain requirements, with relevant case studies. Review local authority experiences, key issues assessing planning applications and Biodiversity Gain Plans, and practical approaches to address these.
Date: Monday 18 November 2024
Time: 2pm to 3.30pm
How partners can use Homes England’s Delivery Partner Dynamic Purchasing System for procurement
How partners can use Homes England’s Delivery Partner Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) procurement framework to bring forward housing delivery. Explore solutions to common issues and using the DPS for land disposals, acquisitions and development agreements.
Date: Tuesday 19 November 2024
Time: 10.30am to 12pm
Enabling council’s social and affordable housing solutions
How to increase social and affordable housing delivery through different approaches including direct delivery, housing companies and registered provider partnerships. Case studies from councils and their partners, and delivery models for best consideration legislation compliance.
Date: Tuesday 19 November 2024
Time: 2pm to 3.30pm
Read event details and register for ‘Enabling council’s social and affordable housing solutions’
Net Zero homes
Explore the importance of net zero and low carbon homes and balancing embodied carbon and operational energy. Insights into challenges and opportunities delivering and achieving net zero carbon and getting multiple outcomes from one solution.
Date: Wednesday 20 November 2024
Time: 10.30am to 12pm
Read event details and register for ‘Net Zero Homes’
Greencore Homes: A local carbon homes case study
How Greencore Homes are leading efforts to scale up beautiful, well designed, greener neighbourhoods. Sharing lessons learned about funding, developing commercially viable low carbon homes, what it takes to scale successfully and measuring benefits.
Date: Wednesday 20 November 2024
Time: 2pm to 3.30pm
Read event details and register for ‘Greencore homes: A local carbon homes case study’
Homes England’s work with local leaders and partners to deliver housing-led, mixed-use regeneration in the North
Reflections on Homes England’s place-based approach to working with partners. Insights and lessons learnt from Strategic Place Partnerships with leaders and partners in urban regeneration places in the North West and Yorkshire.
Date: Thursday 21 November 2024
Time: 10.30am to 12pm
Developing and applying water neutrality strategies
How to approach developing and applying water neutrality strategies. Focus on the steps to take and different approaches, including offsetting and water credit schemes. With case studies including work underway in Cambridge.
Date: Thursday 21 November 2024
Time: 2pm to 3.30pm
Read event details and register for ‘Developing and applying water neutrality strategies’
Planning and delivering at scale: Garden communities and new settlements
Understand key challenges planning delivery of large-scale garden communities and new settlements. Case studies exploring different contexts and approaches, practicalities of planning large-scale new settlements, and how to develop appropriate delivery mechanisms and transform places.
Date: Friday 22 November 2024
Time: 10.30am to 12pm
Homes England’s work with local leaders and partners to deliver housing-led, mixed-use regeneration in the South
Reflections on Homes England’s place-based approach to working with partners. Insights and lessons learnt from partnership work with leaders and partners including in Barking Riverside and Bristol Temple Quarter.
Date: Monday 25 November 2024
Time: 10.30am to 12pm
Leadership and governance for place-based working
Explore principles of good leadership and governance, leading through transformation and applying this to governance boards to support focused place-based regeneration and development. Includes learning from the Greenstead Partnership Board leading regeneration in Greenstead, Colchester.
Date: Monday 25 November 2024
Time: 2pm to 3.30pm
Read event details and register for ‘Leadership and governance for place-based working’
Community priorities for making better places
Northern Housing Consortium’s Pride in Place research learnings. What communities prioritise, partnership working, placemaking, community-building and culture good practice. How to use heritage-sensitive regeneration, placemaking, collaborative planning and maximise use of built and natural environments.
Date: Wednesday 27 November 2024
Time: 10.30am to 12pm
Read event details and register for ‘Community priorities for making better places’
Town centre regeneration
Explore good regeneration and interventions to tackle decline. How to develop effective town centre regeneration delivery strategies and work in partnership to re-vitalise town centres. With best practice from UK and European towns and cities.
Date: Wednesday 27 November 2024
Time: 2pm to 3.30pm
Read event details and register for ‘Town centre regeneration’
Good design principles for self and custom build
How to deliver well-designed custom and self-build environments. What makes a good design process, design and planning tools to use, how and when to use design codes and plot passports and best practice case studies.
Date: Thursday 28 November 2024
Time: 10.30am to 12pm
Read event details and register for ‘Good design principles for self and custom build’
Adopting a place-led approach to design
How to take a place-led approach to design, using early stage design-based visioning at a placemaking level to drive quality throughout planning and development. With large, smaller site, different urban and housing growth case studies.
Date: Thursday 28 November 2024
Time: 2pm to 3.30pm
Read event details and register for ‘Adopting a place-led approach to design’
The building safety regime and cladding remediation
Explore the Building Safety Act and Building Regulations amendments, and implications for local government and construction projects. Alongside details of Homes England’s building and cladding safety work, including how to access Cladding Safety scheme support.
Date: Friday 29 November 2024
Time: 10.30am to 12pm
Read event details and register for ‘The building safety regime and cladding remediation’
Previous sessions
Video recordings of over 80 previous learning programme events can be found on the Homes England Local Government Resources playlist on the YouTube website.
Updates to this page
Last updated 16 September 2024 + show all updates
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Details of the 2024 autumn learning programme of events for local government have been added.
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Summer learning programme is suspended due to entering pre-election period.
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Added summer learning programme schedule for July 2024.
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Content has been updated with information about the Summer Learning Programme taking place from 1 July to 12 July, 2024.
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Updated with the winter learning programme schedule of events 2024.
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Added summer learning programme schedule for 10 to 20 July 2023 .
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Added: 'The LGCC anticipates that session attendees will gain Continued Professional Development (CPD) accreditation.'
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Updated with new learning events for local government that will start from 30 January 2023.
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Updated with new summer programme events for local government that will start from July 2022.
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