Events

Planning, 5 September 2008

19 September. RTPI North East. Millennium Place, Durham.

The government sees the planning system as playing a crucial role in developing tourism as part of the economic, social and environmental well-being of the country. This afternoon event will consider how realistic it is to expect a tourist attraction to boost the local economy and what needs to be put in place to achieve this. It will consider a range of examples, including Alnwick Garden in Northumbria. Cost: £50. For further information, please email northeast@rtpi.org.uk

Does a Good-Quality Public Realm Contribute to Regeneration?

1 October. Regeneration Network. Town Hall, Luton.

Luton's town centre development framework identified the importance of a necklace of quality open spaces and connections in its revitalisation. This networking event will look at the contribution of St George's Square and also how Luton is developing ideas around the station gateway, exploring some of the successes and lessons learnt. Cost: Free. For further information or to reserve a place, please email regeneration@rtpi.org.uk

Delivering the Green Infrastructure of the Growth Areas

3 October. RTPI East of England. Bath Street, Ipswich.

This conference in association with the Landscape Partnership aims to discuss the value of green infrastructure to the growth locations. Cost: £100 + VAT. For further information, please email eastofengland@rtpi.org.uk

Members removed from register for non-payment of subscription

More than 100 RTPI corporate members were removed from the register in July for non-payment of subscriptions.

Members: OD Alabi, M Aqbal, CJ Arnott, RM Atkins, Dr HM Aziz Alrahman, AK Bachell, NE Baumann, R Beveridge, JA Biddlecombe, NC Booth, I Borthwick, KB Bower, P Bowman, NJ Butler, TH Chan, PY-M Chan, KK Cheung, H Chu, BJ Collins, AD Cook, MI Crilly, JS Crouch, MM Cruickshank, AJ Cunniffe, JJ Cutler, DR Dale, MJ Danford, BH Davis, AJS Davis, M Drummond, RA Edgar, JC Eldon, AO Falana, JA Fender, L Fleming, HE Francey, T Gibson, IJ Gray, TA Greenham, JP Hack, NC Hardy, NID Harris, SD Haydon, CK Haythornthwaite, DW Higham, SJ Hill, JE Hobbins, AB Holden, SAT Holder, SC Horstead, BJ Hughes, VC Ingleby, D Jamieson, S Jenkin, GC Jinks, K Johnson, S Jones, MJI Karlsson, DP Kerford, GJ Kitcher, JML Klopper, A Labisi, SJ Laidlaw, WM Lam, DG Lanfear, RW Langston, DM Lawrence, WM Leung, CHR Li, MFK Liu, CW Lo, YW Lo, JA Logan, AI Luke, DA Malone, NC McAlpine, RJ McAndrew, SM McCambley, SJ McDaniel, GT McGowan, GA Mimnagh, HEJ Mitchell, A Mlalazi, ML Monk-Hawksworth, N Morton, S Mukerjee, AWY Ng, HA Nicholas, LT Nwikpo, J Palmer, SJ Parkinson, MN Patterson, JM Payne, MJA Pender, MS Pepperell, CL Pickering, AC Player, JA Powell, TM Prendergast, MV Price, RP Ranson, RA Rhys, SM Rice, D Robertson, PP Ross, J Saddington, J Sanchez, ER Schofield, JSR Sechele, GC Sharp, DR Sharpe, WY Sin, GKO Slessor, ZC Sorrell, IK Stanworth, M Stuart, APP Thomas, DJ Timothy, CJ Tomalin, E Tsang Ching Lun, NV Tsen, V Vamvakopoulos, MJ Walker, MR Weingarth, A Whale, GJ White, AT Wickham, SA Wilkinson, KF Wong, WH Wong, SH Yates, AK Zawawi. Fellows: SC Gupta, A Khan.

Obituary - Michael Sanders

Michael Sanders, a leading figure in local government, planning and European co-operation, has died suddenly at the age of 62. After a career in local government and the Planning Inspectorate, Sanders became director-general of the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives in 2002, leading the UK's involvement in one of the EU's INTERREG programmes, promoting joint working between local and regional government in the countries of north-western Europe.

He was Warrington Borough Council chief executive from 1989 to 1997, moving up from the post of chief planning and estates officer. While he was there he played an instrumental role in the regeneration of the borough, attracting leading companies to the area, including the Northwest Regional Development Agency's headquarters. Following the IRA bombing in Warrington in 1993, Sanders worked with leading councillors and the parents of the children who were killed to set up the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace. Earlier in his career he was Wirral Borough Council chief planning officer, where he worked to ensure that the region did not suffer from the anonymous urban sprawl that characterised many similar metropolitan areas. Sanders studied at the University of Edinburgh and completed his postgraduate qualifications in Liverpool.