Cost: Free

28 May 2020 is the tenth anniversary of the first attempt to revoke Regional Strategies, now replaced by the duty to co-operate. Peter Village QC, Rosie Scott and Katherine Barnes therefore take this opportunity to take stock of the law on local plans, to include discussion of recent developments in this important field. The topics to be covered are as follows:

• The Duty to Co-operate: a statutory duty writ in water? An examination of the statutory provision which replaced Regional Strategies”
  – Peter Village QC
• Lessons for local plans from the Heathrow decision (R (Plan B) v Secretary of State for Transport [2020] EWCA Civ 214) – Rosie Scott
• A review of recent s.113 challenges: successes and failures – Katherine Barnes

There will also be an opportunity to ask questions using Zoom's Q&A.