The rise of the YIMBY

Can Government policies make new development attractive?

Across the UK, local politicians are too often elected on an anti-development ticket. When it comes to engaging the community, it often only appears to be to stop new housing or other development that rouses local interest.

But could it be possible for Government to actually incentivise locally-led development to make it attractive enough to be supported and even encouraged by local communities?  This debate will focus around the role of the planning system and how it engages with local democracy, whether development taxation could be a positive tool both nationally and locally, and what kind of incentivised development could make our communities more attractive and sustainable places.

Could planning be a positive process that enables communities to shape their local environment, rather than a system which too often promotes the banal and causes local frustration?

For more information about this event, please contact:
Anna Scott-Marshall at RIBA
Tel: 020 7307 3728

The rise of the YIMBY

Liberal Democrat Conference 2009 - Bournemouth
Tuesday 22nd September, 18:15 - 19:15 at the Trouville Hotel

Speakers will include: Dan Rogerson MP (Shadow Communities & Local Government Minister) Dr Tim Leunig (Reader in Economic History, LSE) Cllr John Shipley (Leader, Newcastle City Council) Chair: Dermot Finch (Chief Executive, Centre for Cities)

Labour Conference 2009 - Brighton
Tuseday 29th September, 18:00 - 19:00 at Hotel du Vin

Speakers will include: Rt Hon Nick Raynsford MP (MP for Greenwich & Woolwich) Ruth Reed (President, RIBA) Cllr Sir Jeremy Beecham (Vice-Chair, LGA & Leader, LGA Labour Group) Dr Tristram Hunt (Lecturer in History, Queen Mary, University of London) Imtiaz Farookhi (Chief Executive, NHBC) Chair: Jim Pickard (Political Correspondent, Financial Times)

Conservative Conference 2009 -Manchester
Tuesday 6th October, 18:00 - 19:00 at the IoD Hub

Speakers: Grant Shapps MP (Shadow Minister for Housing) Sunand Prasad (Immediate Past President, RIBA) Sir Terry Farrell (Terry Farrell & Partners) Chris Brown (Regeneration spokesperson, RICS) Chair: Polly Toynbee (The Guardian)