Brexit - an RTPI Timeline
We've created a handy timeline for you to show all our activity around Brexit. It's something we are passionate about given the significant impact it will have around so many different aspects of planning. From environmental and building standards, access to skilled workers, funding for research and infrastructure projects, to the regulatory environment around all these areas, the impacts will be significant and profound.
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RTPI President Ian Tant expresses concerns around the impact of a No Deal Brexit and calls for greater certainty from government.
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The RTPI publishes 'Environmental Planning after Brexit', a research paper looking at how the relationship between EU environmental legislation and the planning systems of the UK should evolve, post Brexit.
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The joint institutes write to the new Minister for Trade, the Rt. Hon. George Hollingbery MP to request to meet with him
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Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) produces an RTPI commissioned briefing paper for the RTPI which considers the impacts of Brexit on the UK's implementation of key EU directives and legislation related to land use.
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RTPI publishes EU Withdrawal Bill briefing for House of Lords debate.
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The RTPI submits written evidence to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on Devolution and Exiting the EU Inquiry. In it the Institute says repatriation of powers to Whitehall alone after Brexit is not enough to uphold existing planning and environment related EU directives, the implementation of which are highly devolved.
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RTPI Scotland provides written evidence to the Finance Committee of the Scottish Parliament on the impact of the EU (Withdrawal) Bill on the Devolution Settlement.
The RTPI produces a briefing for MPs on the EU Withdrawal Bill.
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The RTPI joins a 'Rural Coalition' of national organisations and a joint statement is issued to government. It highlights the importance for Brexit policy decisions such as those on EU trade, regulations, funding and migrant labour to be rural proofed to ensure that they meet rural needs.
The RTPI welcomes a new report by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Excellence in the Built Environment. The report warns that Brexit could prove disastrous for the delivery of new homes and infrastructure unless the construction industry can easily draw on EU workers while it skills up a stronger domestic workforce in the transition.
In a jointly issued statement, the four institutes raised skills and standards as Brexit priorites.
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The RTPI publishes general election manifesto calling for the next government to create an inclusive, economically successful and resilient society after Brexit with jobs, homes and infrastructure where they are needed through planning.
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The RTPI publishes a members briefing covering the constitutional process plus legal, financial and environmental issues that are affected by Brexit.
The joint institutes write to David Davis, Minister for Exiting the EU, warning the UK's construction skills crisis could severely worsen, if the Government does not act to ensure access to a skilled workforce.
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The joint institutes write to David Davis, Minister for Exiting the EU, warning the UK's construction skills crisis could severely worsen, if the Government does not act to ensure access to a skilled workforce.