Training for Councillors (England and Wales)
Authorities where TRA has conducted "in-house" training for councillors (England and Wales)
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Allerdale BC Ashford BC Barrow in Furness BC Bassetlaw DC Blackburn with Darwen BC Bolsover DC Bolton MBC Boston BC Bournemouth BC Bradford City Brent LB Brentwood BC Brighton & Hove CC Bristol City Broadland DC Bromsgrove DC Burnley BC Bury MBC Calderdale MBC Cambridge City Cambridgeshire CC Cannock Chase Council Carrick DC Castle Morpeth BC Castle Point BC Central Bedfordshire Council Ceredigion CC Cheltenham BC Cherwell DC Cheshire East Council Cheshire West & Chester Council Chester City Chester-le-Street DC Colchester BC Congleton BC Copeland BC Cornwall Council Coventry City Council Craven DC Cumbria CC Dacorum BC Derbyshire County Council Derwentside DC Doncaster MBC Dover DC Dudley MBC Durham City Durham County Council East Cambridgeshire DC East Devon DC East Hertfordshire DC East Lindsey DC East Northamptonshire Council East Riding of Yorkshire East Staffordshire BC Eden DC Erewash BC Fenland DC Flintshire CC Fylde BC Gedling BC Gravesham BC Guildford BC Halton BC Hambleton DC Hammersmith & Fulham LB Hampshire CC Harlow Council Hart DC Hartlepool BC Havant BC Herefordshire Council Hertsmere BC Hinckley & Bosworth BC Huntingdonshire DC Hyndburn Borough Council Isle of Anglesey County Council Isle of Man Government Kent CC King's Lynn & West Norfolk BC Kingston upon Hull City Kingston upon Thames RB Kirklees MBC Lancashire CC Leeds CC Lewes DC Lewisham LB Lincoln City Lincolnshire CC Liverpool City Council London Borough of Merton London Borough of Tower Hamlets Macclesfield BC Maidstone BC Malvern Hills DC Mansfield DC Medway Council Middlesbrough BC Mid Bedfordshire DC
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Mid Devon DC Mid Suffolk DC Milton Keynes Council Milton Keynes Partnership Newport CC Newark & Sherwood DC Newcastle under Lyme BC Newcastle upon Tyne City Northampton BC North Cornwall DC North Dorset DC North East Lincolnshire Council North Horsham Parish Council North Kesteven DC North Lincolnshire Council North Shropshire DC North Somerset Council North Tyneside Council North Wiltshire DC North York Moors National Park Norwich City Nottinghamshire CC Oldham MBC Ollerton and Boughton TC Oxford City Council Pendle Borough Council Peterborough City Poole BC Powys CC Preston City Redcar & Cleveland BC Redditch BC Ribble Valley BC Rossendale BC Rugby BC Rutland CC Runnymede BC Rushmoor BC Ryedale DC Salford City Council Sandwell MBC Scarborough BC Sefton MBC Selby DC Sevenoaks DC Shepway DC Slough BC South Bedfordshire DC South Cambridgeshire DC South Gloucestershire DC South Holland DC South Kesteven DC South Lakeland DC South Northamptonshire DC South Ribble BC South Staffordshire Council Southwark LB Spelthorne BC St Albans City & District St Edmundsbury BC St Helens MBC Stafford BC Staffordshire Moorlands BC Stockport MBC Stockton on Tees BC Stoke on Trent City Stroud DC Surrey CC Sussex Training Consortium Swale BC Tamworth BC Taunton Deane BC Teesdale DC Tendring DC Thurrock Council Tiverton Town Council Trafford MBC Tunbridge Wells BC Tynedale DC Vale Royal BC Wakefield City Wansbeck DC Warwick DC Watford BC Waverley BC Wear Valley DC Wellingborough BC West Dorset DC West Lindsey DC West Somerset DC Westminster CC Wigan MBC Wiltshire CC Winchester City Wirral MBC Wokingham DC Worcestershire CC Wrexham CBC Wyre Forest DC Yorkshire Dales National Park
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An extensive client list
TRA has trained Councillors in more than 210 local authorities across England, Scotland and Wales
Feedback from Councillors
"Met my expectations completely, as a planning novice I have learnt a huge amount. After 5 years as a Councillor I have always shied away from planning but after today I shall put my name forward to sub for the committee."
"Beyond my expectations! I have learnt more in a day than in three years on Development Control. If I had been on a course like this three years ago, my expertise would have been greatly enhanced. The mystique attached to Appeals has been dissipated!"
"I was most impressed by the content of the presentation and by the standard of the presentation by both of the presenters. They are obviously very au fait with their area of expertise and both very confident and polished in their presentation."
CLG endorses TRA's position on the role of Councillors
The CLG Committee looking into Labour Shortage and Skills Gaps in Planning published its final report in July 2008. TRA made a number of responses to the questions asked by the Committee about officer training and the skills of Councillors and the Committee was particularly interested in what we had to say on the role of Councillors and the wider principle of democratic accountability. Indeed, the Committee noted that TRA had “best grasped the essential importance of the principle of democratic accountability” when we stated that:
"The role of the planning officer is to provide an objective analysis of the issues in a clear and succinct way, so that the decision maker can make an informed decision…the Councillor needs to be able to have an appreciation of what is proposed but also be able to ask difficult questions in order to test the robustness of the recommendation…The system rests on the basis that the technical specialist can be challenged by a non-specialist, so that there are checks and balances and that the decisions being made reflect the needs and desires of the wider community."