The Annual Planning Update takes place on Tuesday 25th March kindly hosted by Dentons.
Arrival is from 1.30pm for a 2pm start. The event will close by 6pm and will be followed by a drinks reception.
PROGRAMME
2.00 WELCOME
Michele Vas, partner, Dentons
2.05 GREY BELT POLICY AND ITS ROLE WITHIN THE GREEN BELT Lord Moylan recently chairman of the Lords Built Environment committee
2.40 KEYNOTE Brian Waters introduces
William Burgon, MHCLG Director of Planning Q&A
3.20 HOW MIGHT CHANGES TO DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT AND GUIDANCE UNBLOCK PLANNING?
HAS THE NPPF GONE FAR ENOUGH (YET)?
Mike Kiely, Chair Planning Officers Society
John Walker, CT Group formerly Westminster City Council
Emma Thorpe of Be First, Colin Wilson Head of Strategic Development LB Southwark and Paul Finch
Panel discussion moderated by Lee Mallett
4.00 ••••••••••••••TEA•••••••••••••
4.10 SUBSIDISED AFFORDABLE HOUSING:
THE DIFFICULTY FOR DEVELOPERS IN FINDING AN RSL.
AND WHAT LPAS ARE BUILDING – IS THERE A BETTER WAY? Prof Ben Clifford, Professor of Spatial Planning and Governance at UCL and a case study in Southwark by Phidel Adeleke of the House of Praise church Q&A
4.20 HOW IS THE BNG REGIME BEDDING IN AND HOW ARE DEVELOPERS RESPONDING, ESP. IN LONDON?
Dr. Nick White, head of BNG at Natural England
Mark Topping of Lanpro [invited]
Shashin Mishra of AiDash [invited] Q&A
5.00 THE CHANGING SITUATION AROUND STRATEGIC PLANNING AND HOW IT MIGHT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE LONDON PLAN
Tom Venables of Prior + Partners
Nina Miles of London Plan at GLA [invited]
Professor Michael Edwards, UCL: Good growth?
5.40 THE WIND-UP Paul Finch
5.50 NETWORKING & DRINKS courtesy of Dentons
