{"id":73578,"date":"2020-03-20T10:13:39","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T10:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=73578"},"modified":"2020-03-20T10:13:39","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T10:13:39","slug":"high-streets-expertise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/high-streets-expertise\/73578\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning professionals call for high street expertise"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtpi.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Royal Town Planning Institute<\/a> is calling for planners with specialist knowledge of the high street and its changing needs to apply to become <a href=\"https:\/\/highstreetstaskforce.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">High Streets Task Force<\/a> (HSTF) experts<\/h2>\n<p>The RTPI is calling for chartered and fellow members with the relevant experience to apply. The Institute is also calling for chartered members to apply to become HSTF mentors and facilitators.<\/p>\n<p>It follows the announcement by the HSTF last week that it is to create a new register of experts who will work with local authorities and communities to support the transformation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/liveable-locations-high-streets\/48942\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">high streets<\/a> and town and city centres.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioned by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/ministry-of-housing-communities-and-local-government\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government<\/a> (MHCLG), the HSTF aims to transform Britain\u2019s high streets by rolling out a programme of guidance, training and learning as well as data and research on the management of town and city centres.<\/p>\n<p>The taskforce announced that this will be even more crucial in light of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-coronavirus-outbreak\/73428\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coronavirus outbreak<\/a>, which it said will inevitably have a significant impact on our town centres. HSTF will now also be developing a comprehensive support programme for all those involved in the country\u2019s high streets in light of this, it said.<\/p>\n<p>HSTF experts, mentors and facilitators will be called in when specific, complex challenges have been identified where solutions cannot be found in-house or from the marketplace or existing relationships with consultancies to help unlock the strategic potential of a high street or town centre.<\/p>\n<h3>Applicants will be able to deliver one or more of the following:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Town centre\/high street planning, all uses and mixes (including retail, commercial and residential, leisure, tourism, art and culture)<\/li>\n<li>Town centre\/high street assessments including town centre and primary shopping area designations, boundaries review, range of uses, sequential approach, PDRS and application of policy<\/li>\n<li>Planning for heritage and conservation\/historic environment in a town centre\/high street context<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/rethink-urban-regeneration\/60391\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Urban regeneration<\/a>, urban design and place-making (when public realm\/greenspace is not a major focus<\/li>\n<li>Development and regeneration frameworks including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/planning-for-the-future\/73577\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">masterplanning<\/a> (when not anchored by public realm\/greenspace)<\/li>\n<li>Transport and infrastructure planning and management<\/li>\n<li>Participatory planning ( including community and stakeholder engagement)<\/li>\n<li>Assessments and modelling including modelling\/visualisation of visions\/plans (via data insight and analytics)<\/li>\n<li>Environmental planning, sustainability and climate change resilience<\/li>\n<li>Health and wellbeing planning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Revitalising our struggling high streets<\/h3>\n<p>Chief executive of the RTPI, Victoria Hills, said: \u201cWe find ourselves in unprecedented times and there is little doubt that life as we know it will change forever after this pandemic passes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an ideal opportunity to really focus on revitalising our struggling high streets to enable them to become the dynamic heart of communities they once were. I urge members of the RTPI who have expertise in this area to apply. Your contribution will be particularly appreciated at this current time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To apply please read the guidelines\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtpi.org.uk\/media\/4513\/final-hstf-guide-to-experts-mentors-facilitators-final-002.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>\u00a0before filling in the application form\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtpi.org.uk\/media\/4514\/hstf-experts-application-form-rtpi-v4-002.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for application is close of business on 3 April 2020.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Town Planning Institute is calling for planners with specialist knowledge of the high street and its changing needs to apply to become High Streets Task Force (HSTF) experts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[693,676,997,279,675,952,567,747,669,934],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-73578","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-climate-change","8":"tag-construction","9":"tag-development","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-heritage","12":"tag-planning","13":"tag-planning-system","14":"tag-property","15":"tag-regeneration","16":"tag-wellbeing"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Planning professionals call for high street expertise<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The RTPI is calling for planners with specialist knowledge of the high street and its changing needs to apply to become High Streets Task Force experts\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/high-streets-expertise\/73578\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Planning professionals call for high street expertise\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The RTPI is calling for planners with specialist knowledge of the high street and its changing needs to apply to become High Streets Task Force experts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/high-streets-expertise\/73578\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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