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Regeneration

Successful delivery - successful regeneration conference

Date 10 December 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 35620
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What is this conference about?

This conference will help you better understand, rise to the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities to plan for – and deliver – regeneration in the post-property bubble world. We will introduce some of the thinking and mechanisms for grappling with a world in which finance is scarcer, risks are greater and development margins are tighter. Planners are increasingly being asked to understand the delivery implications of their ambitions for well-designed, sustainable places – recognising that regeneration is development that the market, unaided, is unlikely to deliver. The day will be split into two parts: the commercial fundamentals of deliverable regeneration; and mechanisms and models that offer opportunities for easing the development burden. The conference will include debates between panel members as well as questions from the floor.

Benefits of attending

This one day conference will help you:

  1. Understand some of the current commercial issues
  2. Hear the private sector response to these
  3. Gain an update on planning responses to delivery and regeneration
  4. Identify potential delivery mechanisms
  5. Procurement issues for successful delivery

Who should attend?

This briefing conference is designed for:

  • Local authority planning policy and development control officers
  • Regeneration and development agencies
  • Developers and commercial property agents

Conference programme

9.00 Registration and coffee

9.30 Welcome and introduction to the issues by the chair

Nora Galley, Partner, Roger Tym & Partners

Part 1 - Commercial fundamentals for delivery

9.45 The HCA’s response to the challenges

  • How the HCA is keeping housing-led regeneration alive
  • The financial instruments underway and planned
  • Lessons for practitioners

Paul Spooner, Regional Director – West Midlands, Homes and Communities Agency

10.15 A developer’s view of planners’ ambitions and developers’ risk

  • How risk and viability will drive developers choices and how the public sector needs to work to ensure their projects are chosen

Bill Blincoe, Development Director, Fairview New Homes

10.45 Reconstituting emerging schemes and existing planning permissions

  • The toolkit for redefining emerging and approved schemes to keep town centre regeneration and major housing projects on track
  • The renegotiation of associated s106 Agreements to meet long term policy objectives

Stuart Andrews, Partner, Eversheds

11.15 Coffee and networking

11.30 Has CIL got a future?

  • The practicalities of introducing CIL and tariffs to deliver infrastructure for development
  • Is there an alternative?

Philip Wallbridge, Associate, Roger Tym & Partners

12.00 How to kick start regeneration: a developer’s perspective

  • What are the key issues holding developers delivering regeneration projects?
  • What are the solutions - Tax increment finance (accelerated development zones); reducing the procurement burdens; better use of public sector powers; expand equity sharing and public sector guarantees; promote the use of the private rented sector

Jonathan Seager, Assistant Director, British Property Federation

12.30 Panel debate

What regeneration solutions are working? Where and why? Are the north and south different economies with that need different solutions? What are the messages for policy-makers at national and local levels?

Questions from the floor

1.00 Lunch

Part 2 - Mechanisms for delivery and regeneration

2.00 Local Development Orders

  • Local Development Orders – what to expect from the approach
  • Lessons from High Wycombe – applying and practicing the model

David Dewar, Planning Policy Officer, Wycombe District Council

2.25 Asset-backed vehicles

  • The models
  • The lessons
  • Planning to use them

Stuart Knight, Partner, Drivers Jonas

2.50 First get your developer

  • The EU rules and the implications of the Rouanne Case
  • Making it work for both parties
  • Deal structures to reduce front end costs / risks for developers

Chris Marks, Partner, DLA Piper

3.15 Lessons for planning deliverable regeneration

Martin Willey, President, RTPI

3.45 Panel debate

Should planners be schooled in regeneration economics and development finance? Should the planning system buck the market? Can it? Can underperforming local economies have ‘market signals’ (or do they have ‘local interests’)?

Questions from the floor

4.15 Conclusion by the chair

Nora Galley

4.20 Close of conference

Conference speakers

Conference chair

Nora Galley is a partner of Roger Tym & Partners and a planner and development economist with 20 years consultancy experience working for local and central government, regeneration agencies and the private sector. Nora specialises in the social, economic and market aspects of strategic and area development.

Conference speakers

Stuart Andrews is a specialist planning lawyer and leads the Birmingham and Nottingham planning team. His experience includes major town centre schemes, large urban regeneration projects and strategic residential development proposals. This experience has involved the conduct of major development projects through application, appeal and other proceedings.

Bill Blincoe, Development Director, Fairview New Homes David Dewar is planning policy officer at Wycombe district Council, where he leads on retail planning issues. He has worked at the council for 3 years, during which time he has played a role in delivering a ‘sound’ core strategy, and in developing the council’s Delivery and Site Allocations DPD.

Stuart Knight is a Partner within Strategic Consulting with particular responsibility for Local Government. He has some 20 years public and private sector senior management experience in all aspects of the property cycle, including ten years as a Local Government Chief Officer.

Chris Marks is a real estate lawyer with over 25 years experience in urban regeneration, housing and development. He has represented a wide range of public bodies, local authorities and developers. He is a partner with DLA Piper UK LLP.

Jonathan Seager has responsibility for planning and regeneration policy at the BPF. He provides the secretariat to the following BPF committee’s: Planning Committee, Regeneration and Development Committee and Community Infrastructure Levy Working Party.

Rynd Smith is currently the Director of Policy and Partnerships for the Royal Town Planning Institute. In the UK he has held policy and plan review roles for the voluntary sector and has worked for local government in policy, regeneration, urban design and major projects roles.

Paul Spooner commenced work with Homes and Communities Agency in December 2008 and is Regional Director for the West Midlands, investing nearly £200m each year in major housing and regeneration schemes and the provision of new affordable homes across the region.

Philip Wallbridge is a chartered surveyor with over 8 years’ experience. He has worked for both the private and public sector, including Derwent London and the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA), joining Roger Tym & Partners in 2008.Philip has a wide range of property skills, particularly in development and regeneration. He has a track record in complex financial viability analysis, masterplanning, town centre development and strategic property work.

In house training

In-house training can be presented exclusively for your organisation on any subject in the planning and development field, inclusiding management skills. Training is individually tailored to meet the specific needs of your organisation.

To discuss your requirements please contact Sarah Miller on 020 7960 5692 or e-mail sarah.miller@rtpiconferences.co.uk

Season ticket schemes

This conference can be purchased as part of your season ticket scheme - simply e-mail services@rtpiconferences.co.uk and we will allocate your place. If you are interested in purchasing a season ticket please call our Customer Services Team on 0845 082 1171.

CPD requirements

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

About the RTPI Regeneration Network

The network aims to recognise the positive contribution that planning makes to delivering successful regeneration in the UK. It is free, and open to all involved in regeneration: planners and non-planners, RTPI members and non-members. Members receive a weekly email bulletin, database of contacts, events and the opportunity to enter an exclusive awards scheme. Why not join us? For more information see http://www.rtpi.org.uk/regeneration_network/ or contact Catherine Middleton, Network Manager regeneration@rtpi.org.uk.

Quotes from past delegates...

“Excellent collection of speakers, really useful”

“Interesting range of subjects”

“Very stimulating”

Outsourcing and event management service

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  • Financial returns – possible increased revenues or cost reductions
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  • Greater market exposure
  • Low cost, exceptional responsive market research

If you would like any further information on this service please contact Dwane Charalambous on 020 7960 5604 or e-mail dwane.charalambous@hawksmere.co.uk

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