The purpose of the Urban Development Area (UDA) Place Making Group is to work alongside Milton Keynes Partnership, the local planning authority, in an advisory capacity, bringing together both local community and specialists to regularly review and appraise progress on UDA planning applications, particularly development briefs and design codes.

The UDA boundary includes the Eastern and Western Expansion Areas, Tattenhoe Park and Kingsmead South.

The aims, objectives, roles and responsibilities, and working arrangements for the UDA Place Making Group are set out in the terms of reference.

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The way in which the group works, including timescales for meetings, discussion, response and feedback mechanisms, are set out in the working protocol.

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Meeting dates

The UDA Place Making Group is scheduled to meet on the following dates:

Pre-meeting

23 January 2008
5 March 2008
16 April 2008
28 May 2008
9 July 2008
20 August 2008

Place Making Group meeting

6 February 2008
19 March 2008
30 April 2008
11 June 2008
23 July 2008
3 September 2008

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Committee and Stakeholder Group meetings

Dates of the next committee and stakeholder group meetings can be found in the Diary.