The Annual Planning Update takes place on Tuesday 19th March kindly hosted by Dentons UK & Middle East.
Arrival is from 1.30pm for a 2pm start. The event will close by 6pm and will be followed by a drinks reception.
2.05 WELCOME & OVERVIEW
Michelle Vas, Partner, Dentons
2.15 KEYNOTE
Brian Waters introduces
Joanna Averley Government chief planning officer
Q&A
2.50 THE NEW NPPF & DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT REFORM
Mike Kiely, Chair, Planning Officers Society. Dr Dan Slade, Policy Manager, RTPI
Q&A
3.20 THE LONDON PLAN AND HOUSE BUILDING
Ross Raftery, Associate Director with Lichfields
Hashi Mohamed, Landmark Chambers
Prof Janice Morphet, UCL – building by local authorities
Prof Les Mayhew, Bayes Business School & the Older Peoples Housing Task Force
3.50 Q&A
4.00 ••••••••••••••TEA•••••••••••••
4.20 TRANSPORT PLANNING, what’s new?
David Hart, director of Momentum Transport Consultancy
Jolyon Drury, on freight, distribution and kerbside conflicts
4.40 Q&A
4.45 PLANNING UNDER LABOUR – WHAT MIGHT AND WHAT SHOULD CHANGE?
Matthew Pennycook MP*, Shadow minister for planning
Professor Michael Edwards, UCL
John Walker, CT Group formerly Westminster City Council
5.15 PANEL DISCUSSION with Q&A
Dr Riette Oosthuizen, Head of Planning at HTA Design,
Roy Pinnock, Dentons,
Phidel Adeleke, Co-Living
Thomasin Renshaw, Senior Development Manager at Pocket
Living
– Moderator: Lee Mallett
5.40 THE WIND-UP Paul Finch
5.50 NETWORKING & DRINKS courtesy of Dentons
N.B. *speaker to be confirmed.
