Mike Hyde is a Associate of Trevor Roberts Associates who are based in Bolton and who are the UK’s leading provider of practitioner presented training for local government planning staff and members. Mike currently presents regular workshops in Scotland, England and Wales on the following subjects:

• Planning Enforcement;
• Advertisement Control; and
• Lawful Development Certificates.

Mike and TRA have also recently put together a series of half-day workshops on a range of planning topics, that can be delivered on a “mix and match” basis for authorities in Scotland. The idea is to increase the cost-effectiveness of a day’s in-house training by enabling two topics to be covered on the same day. The following additional topic areas will be covered:

• The definition of development;
• Planning conditions and Section 75 Agreements;
• Material planning considerations;
• Caravans and planning;
• Prior notification applications;
• Demolition;
• Drafting and defending enforcement notices; and
• Development monitoring.