Milton Keynes at 50. A planner’s perspective

Public Lecture

Milton Keynes at 50. A planner’s perspective

Anna Rose, Director – Growth, Economy and Culture at Milton Keynes Council and President, Planning Officers Society

Milton Keynes reaches her 50th birthday this year. In planning for the next 50 years it is essential that Milton Keynes continues to be an exemplar of master planning and innovation. Anna will explore how the current planning system and reduced public funding challenges the principle of ‘infrastructure before expansion’, what this means for planning across the country and what lessons can be learnt from the way in which Milton Keynes has grown.

The Speaker

Anna Rose holds a first degree and masters in Town and Country Planning and has been an RTPI member since 2003.  She started her planning career advising NFU members on planning law before moving to Rugby Borough Council to bring forward the local development framework.  Anna became Head of Planning and Culture at Rugby in 2007 taking on responsibility for economic development, sports and arts as well as planning.  She lead the planning team through the first successful systems thinking review of a planning service and became well known for driving economic growth through planning. In November 2014 Anna moved to Milton Keynes Council and is currently the Director of Growth, Economy and Culture. Alongside an ambitious programme of service improvement, Anna is currently leading the authority in producing the next 50 year spatial vision for the area. Anna is the President of the Planning Officers Society; an active peer reviewer for PAS and a regular speaker on strategic planning issues, growth focussed planning and improving performance.