RTPI Conferences

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Planning law update conference

Date	12 November 2010
Duration	1 Day
Price	GBP 449 + VAT
Location	London
Venue	The Hatton (etc Venues)
Registration	9.00-9.30
Close of Seminar	4.30
Our code	35614
Also held on	9 June 2011, London

• Why you should attend this conference
• Who should attend?
• Key benefits
• Conference programme
• Conference chair
• Conference speakers
• Want to book this as part of the RTPI Season ticket?
• Comments from past delegates...
• CPD requirements
• Outsourcing and event management service

Why you should attend this conference

Life in the planning world is getting more complicated, but never before has the planning system been more important to the community in balancing the needs of the community for development with the need to protect the environment. This conference aims to provide a straightforward, practical routemap through the legal minefield so as to assist delegates to find the best solutions for delivering sustainable development whilst avoiding or minimising the risks.

Who should attend?

• Anyone concerned with the development of land or the creation of land use policy
• Lawyers in the private and public sector
• Planners – private, public and voluntary
• Surveyors advising on planning and land-use issues
• Developers and their agents

Key benefits

This one-day conference will:

1. Ensure that your planning decisions and procedures are legally robust within the key risk areas covered by the conference
2. Establish effective legal delivery mechanisms for affordable housing, sustainable development and other key planning deliverables
3. Understand the practical solutions that are available to a number of common issues in development management and planning policy

Conference programme

9.00 Registration and coffee

9.30 Welcome and introduction by the Chair

Stuart Andrews , Partner, Eversheds

9.40 Public consultation on major planning projects

• The expectations of current and emerging national policy
• What constitutes effective public consultation?
• How to get the best from public engagement?
• Some key case studies
• Best practice in public consultation

Judith Damerell , Partner, Eversheds

10.20 Mediation in planning

• What is mediation?
• General principles in mediation
• Obstacles to mediation in planning
• Opportunities for mediation in planning

Craig Howell Williams QC, Francis Taylor Building

11.00 Coffee and networking

11.20 The inclusion of compulsory powers within orders granting development consent

• Purposes for which land may be acquired compulsorily
• Breadth of power: “incidental” land and “ancillary matters”
• Creation, extinguishment or interference with interests in or rights over land
• Requirement to hold compulsory acquisition hearings
• Secretary of State’s guidance
• Compensation

Neil King QC, Landmark Chambers

12.00 CIL, the use of s106 Agreements and conditions

• What is CIL and why is it here?
• How will it be calculated and what will it cover?
• Challenging and enforcing CIL
• What happens to s106 obligations after CIL?
• How will the election affect CIL?
• Developments in the use of s106 agreements and conditions

Paul Brown QC,4-5 Gray’s Inn Square

12.40 Panel discussion

1.00 Lunch

2.00 Case law update

• Review the most recent practically relevant decision
• Review the practical implications of them and the lessons to be learnt
• Identify the potential for using them to advantage in a practical context
• Consider the implications of a potential change of political control and the effects this might have on the outcomes of the recent decisions

Martin Kingston QC , No 5 Chambers

Hugh Richards , No 5 Chambers

2.40 The EIA/SEA process

• EIA: the European dimension
• Review of the main legal requirements for EIA
• Practical risk management in the EIA process
• SEA: where are we now?

Tim Smith, Partner, Berwin Leighton Paisner

3.20 Local Development Framework issues

• Strategic allocation - when and how?
• Advice of PINS and ATLAS
• The tests of soundness
• The Role of SPD

Peter Taylor , Partner, DLA Piper

4.00 Panel discussion

4.20 Chairs closing comments Stuart Andrews

4.30 Close of conference

Conference chair

Stuart Andrews is a specialist planning lawyer and leads the national planning team for Eversheds LLP. He is a dual qualified town planner and solicitor and is both a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and the Law Society Planning Panel. His experience includes major town centre schemes, large urban regeneration projects and strategic residential development proposals.

Conference speakers

Paul Brown QC was called to the Bar in 1991, having previously completed a PhD in Administrative Law at the University of Cambridge in 1989. Since joining Chambers, he has developed a practice which covers most areas of judicial review and local government. He is particularly interested in human rights, and has lectured and written widely on Article 6.

Judith Damerell specialises in all aspects of planning and compulsory purchase law. Her experience includes advising Brighton and Colchester Councils on their urban centre redevelopment proposals, acting for Transport for London on development projects at Stratford City, King’s Cross and Battersea Power Station and advising the London Development Agency/Greater London Authority on planning issues in the Thames Gateway.

Craig Howell Williams QC was appointed to silk in 2009. He is acknowledged as a leading practitioner and regularly appears as such in directories. His practice covers a wide range of planning and environment law, and he represents developers and operators, local authorities and third parties at public inquiries under various statutory procedures. He is also a CEDR Accredited Mediator.

Neil King QC is the current head of Landmark Chambers. He was called to the Bar in 1980 and took silk in 2000. He joined 2 Mitre Court Buildings in 1982 and moved to Landmark Chambers in December 2003. He specialises in all aspects of Town and Country Planning, Environmental and Compulsory Purchase and Compensation law.

Martin Kingston QC is “a first port of call for the most complex and high-profile cases.” His “advocacy skills prove devastating for the opposition,” and he has “a big presence that puts him head and shoulders above others in the area.” Martin has a full-service presence, and is regularly consulted on matters ranging from local planning inquiries to major infrastructural projects. Recent highlights include advising on a new settlement in Cambridgeshire and acting on a development north of Birmingham.

Tim Smith is a solicitor and partner in the Planning & Environment Department at Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP. Prior to joining Berwin Leighton in 1996 he worked for Hewitson Becke + Shaw in both Northampton and Peterborough. He is rated as one of the leading practitioners in Planning and Environmental law by Chambers Legal Directory and the Legal 500.

Peter Taylor specialises in planning law. He is experienced in planning applications, development plan proposals, structure and local planning inquiries, planning appeals and planning inquiries. He advises on enforcement notice issues, revocation and discontinuance orders, certificates of lawfulness of existing and proposed development or use, compulsory purchase and compensation issues and highway and footpath matters.

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CPD requirements

This event is intended to help RTPI members with their CPD requirements.

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