RIAS CPD: NPF4 - Overview for Architects
Tuesday 6 February 2024, 14.00 – 16.00 (online)
The online recording of this event is available to purchase below.
Programme:
14.00 – 14.05: Introduction (Tamsie Thomson, RIAS CEO)
14.05 – 14.35: NPF4 and its impact on decision making - Part 1 (Mark McMurray, Partner, CMS)
14.35 – 15.05: NPF4 and its impact on decision making - Part 2 (Alastair Hamilton, Service Manager, Fife Council)
15.05 - 15.30: Case Study - Ladyfield, Dumfries (Susanne Sharif and Ross Aitchison, Architect, Collective Architecture)
15.30 – 15.55: Q&A Session
15.55 – 16.00: Close (Tamsie Thomson, RIAS CEO)
About the speakers:
Mark McMurray, Partner, CMS Legal
Mark McMurray is a partner in the Planning team at international law firm CMS, based in Glasgow. He has advised public and private sector clients on some of Scotland’s largest developments including the redevelopment of the St James Quarter in Edinburgh, the proposed redevelopment of Buchanan Galleries in Glasgow, the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland in Renfrewshire and the Blindwells new town in East Lothian.
Mark is also a member of the Law Society of Scotland’s Planning Law Sub-committee
Alastair Hamilton, Service Manager, Fife Council
Biography to be added shortly…
Susanne Sharif, Architect, Collective Architecture
Susanne, joined Collective Architecture in 2022, from Glasgow based Stallan Brand, having worked previously in London for leading design practices Karakusevic Carson Architects and Niall McLaughlin Architects. She graduated from the Mackintosh School of Architecture in 2012, and is now a studio design tutor with Strathclyde. Susanne in recent years has been working primarily on residential led, strategic plans including the award-winning Ladyfield Masterplan in Dumfries.
Ross Aitchison, Architect, Collective Architecture
Ross, has been with Collective Architecture since 2016, and is currently leading a number of strategic plans in multiple local authority areas in Scotland, heading multi-disciplinary design teams, and consultation processes. Ross brings a key insight into policy having worked with local authorities and national and regional level stakeholders across a number of complex projects, including the award-winning Ladyfield Masterplan in Dumfries.
Event description:
Almost 12 months on from it’s adoption, this 2 hour CPD session will evaluate the implications of National Planning Framework 4 on decision making now that it forms part of the development plan for each area in Scotland.
In particular, the session will look at the interaction between NPF4 and local development plans, and how conflicts between the two may be resolved. Presentations delivered by Mark McMurray, Partner, CMS and Alastair Hamilton, Service Manager, Fife Council, will be followed by a case study on Scotland’s first NPF4-ready masterplan at Ladyfield, Dumfries delivered by Susanne Sharif and Ross Aitchison, Architects at Collective Architecture.
Please note: this session could contribute towards the CPD 2024 mandatory requirement for ARB on ‘environmental sustainability’.
