This is a briefing and input event for techUK members to feed into techUK's response to the National Planning Policy Framework consultation.
techUK will be responding to the Government’s consultation on their planned changes to the National Planning Policy Framework. You can find the Government consultation, and materials relating to it, here.
The Government is proposing to update the National Planning Policy Framework. The reforms include revising definitions of the Green Belt, including creating a definition of ‘grey belt’ land, and explicitly recognising data centres and other forms of digital and tech infrastructure as a priority for development.
This web event is designed to collect member feedback to inform techUK's response. techUK staff will go through each section of the consultation we plan to respond to in order to gain direct verbal feedback from members. These include the sections focusing on digital infrastructure, the definition of grey belt vs Green Belt and the definition of Nationally-Significant Infrastructure.
We will then use the verbal responses to help inform our consultation response.
Our draft response will be emailed to all attendees ahead of the session. This session will be also recorded for internal-purposes only.
Our deadline for feeding into our first draft is Wednesday 4 September. Combined with this session, it will inform the second draft of our response which will then be circulated for member feedback before being submitted as techUK's response.
If you have any questions, or would like to provide written feedback based on techUK's draft response, please email [email protected]
Archie Breare
Archie Breare
Archie Breare joined techUK in September 2022 as the Telecoms Programme intern, and moved into the Policy and Public Affairs team as the Team Assistant in February 2023 and as Public Affairs Manager in September 2023
Before starting at techUK, Archie was a student at the University of Cambridge, completing an undergraduate degree in History and a master's degree in Modern British History.
In his spare time, he likes to read, discuss current affairs, and to try and persuade himself to cycle more.
Teodora Kaneva
Teodora Kaneva
Teodora’s rich background varies from working in business development for a renewable energy lobbying association in Brussels to the fast moving technology innovation startup scene in the UK.
She has designed the market strategy for a German renewable energy engineering scale up for the UK, listed on Nasdaq private market, and now one of the fastest growing scale ups in the world. Previous experience also includes managing a renewable energy startup in London, which has built a small-scale biomass CHP power plant. Teodora is passionate about cross-industry collaboration and working together with academia to inform the design of future educational models and skill building.
Most recently Teodora has ran the commercial activities and business development at Future Cities Catapult, focusing on innovation in cities, digital health and wellbeing, mobility, and infrastructure. Teodora is a passionate STEM Ambassador and a vocal advocate for women in tech.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 020 7331 2016
- Twitter:
- @Teodora_K
- Website:
- www.techuk.org
- LinkedIn:
- https://uk.linkedin.com/in/teodora-k-2969b021
Luisa C. Cardani
Luisa C. Cardani
Luisa C. Cardani is the Head of the Data Centres Programme at techUK, aiming to provide a collective voice for UK operators and working with government to improve business environment for the data centres sector.
Prior to joining techUK, Luisa worked in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as the Head of International Data Protection, where she led on the development of elements of the UK's data protection and privacy policy. In her role, she was also the UK official representative for the EOCD Privacy Guidelines Informal Advisory Group.
She has held a number of position in government, including leading on cross-cutting data provisions in the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, and in high priority cross-departmental projects when working in the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
She holds an M.Sc. from University College London's Department of Political Sciences.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 07587 210 799
- Website:
- www.techUK.org
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/luisacardani
