Event Details
Date: 18 March 2025
Time: 09:00am – 05:00pm
Venue: Arup Sheffield
Price: From £35.00
Organiser: RTPI Yorkshire
Experience a comprehensive insight into the Heart of the City masterplan, the £470m redevelopment project that has redefined Sheffield city centre. This transformative project encompasses 150 million sqft of residential, office, retail, hotel, leisure, and community space, including a new public park, Europe’s largest food hall, and the renovation of a Grade II Listed Building previously on Historic England’s ‘Buildings at Risk’ register.
Organised by the Royal Town Planning Institute and Leonard Design, the event includes the following speakers & panellists:
- Julian Stephenson MRTPI RICS – Partner at Montague Evans
- David Leonard BA(Hons) BArch(Hons) RIBA – Co-Director at Leonard Design
- John Morgan – Co-Director at Leonard Design
- Dr Michael Martin – Chartered Member of RTPI
- Clare Plant MRTPI – Planning Director at Nineteen47
- Megan Wilson MRTPI CIHCM – Chair RTPI East Midlands Young Planners & Junior Vice Chair RMB/RAC
- Nalin Seneviratne BSc LL.B FRICS FRSA – Director of Porter Brook & Associates Ltd
- Anna Chew – Chair RTPI Yorkshire (2025)
This event will provide participants with valuable insights from those who played pivotal roles in delivering this largest multi-phased city centre regeneration scheme in Europe. Learn how the project successfully navigated challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic and escalating construction costs to maintain momentum. The programme features presentations, panel discussions, a guided site tour, and networking opportunities.
Agenda
9am – 9.30 am – Arrival & Registration Meet at Arup Sheffield Office – for a great aerial view of the Heart of the City Masterplan and a morning coffee
10am – Talks from speakers who created the Heart of the City Masterplan and developed the Planning Strategy along with an Academic view of the delivered Masterplan to set the scheme for the day.
11.30 – In small groups taken on a tour of the delivered masterplan – regular stopping points to show & discuss how the strategy was delivered and challenges overcome.
1pm – Start of Lunch (and a well earned break!)
2pm / 2.30pm – Panel Discussion and Q&A – Including Head of Regeneration for Heart of the City, Sheffield City Council, Architect Masterplanner, Planning Consultants, University Academic Specialist.
4pm – Drinks, Questions & Networking ( or feel free to run for your train)
5pm – Finish
Attendees will gain a thorough understanding of the key processes involved in producing, reviewing, and implementing masterplans, regeneration, urban planning, and development briefs.
The Leonard Design take immense pride in our contribution to this project, collaborating with Sheffield City Council, Arup, Turner & Townsend, and Queensberry to create a sustainable and community-oriented heart for Sheffield. Join us for this enlightening event and be part of the continued evolution of Sheffield’s city centre.
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