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CiLCA Training & Mentoring Programme

19th March 2025

09:30 - 13:00

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The Hampshire ALC CiLCA Training and Mentoring Programme has four sessions, each lasting 3.5 hours. The sessions are held throughout the 12 months that you are registered to take the CiLCA. Please contact the office training@hampshirealc.org.uk for full details of dates and sessions for 2025 intake students.

Latest Updates in Planning

2nd April 2025

18:30 - 21:00

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The planning system is being remodelled by the new government to help achieve its objectives for housebuilding, economic development and mitigating climate change. The session will cover all of the major issues, including plan-making, housing numbers, biodiversity, and infrastructure funding to help you to prepare for what’s to come.

Introduction to Planning

3rd June 2025

18:30 - 21:00

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This session is for Councillors on the planning committee and anyone who will be engaging with planning matters for the first time.

The Knowledge and Core Skills for Councillors

12th June 2025

10:00 - 14:30

Shaw House, Church Road, Shaw, Newbury RG14 2DR

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This course is suitable for new councillors or those that would like a refresher in the key aspects of being a parish or town councillor.

Making Effective Planning Representations

5th November 2025

18:30 - 21:00

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This session will explain the principles which underpin how a planning decision is made, and how your comments as a consultee can be drafted to best effect. It will give you an understanding of the key terminology planning officers use and where to find relevant information amidst what is often a mass of documents.