Cost: Tickets cost £185+VAT per person [limited places available issued on a first-come-first serve basis]

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Location: Ashworth Centre, Lincoln’s Inn, London WC2A 3TL

We are delighted to invite you to Landmark Chambers' first Land Use Conference.

This in-person conference will be relevant for anyone who is involved in planning for, shaping, building, advising on, litigating about, or providing services and funding for land, buildings, community services and infrastructure.

This conference from Landmark Chambers offers the chance to step back from the day-to-day business and explore the wider issues affecting how our land is planned, developed, used, funded and protected.

Bringing together the unique cross-sector expertise of Landmark’s barristers, the day will include a series of presentations from keynote speakers and an array of breakout sessions, which will allow you to participate in the debate and focus on areas that may be of special interest to you, or about which you are simply curious to know more.

Working in cross-disciplinary groups, Landmark’s specialist planning, property, environmental, public and rating barristers will share their thoughts and lead the debate on critical issues facing those involved in shaping the future of our communities.

Conference Chair: David Elvin KC

Opening Remarks: Lord Carnwath CVO

Programme:

9.00 - 9.30 - Registration & refreshments
9.30 - 9.45 - Introduction and opening remarks - David Elvin KC and Lord Carnwath CVO
9.45 - 10.30 - Headline Session - Permitted Development Rights - Paul Brown KC and Miriam Seitler
10.30 - 11.15 - Headline Session - Building Safety Bill - Aaron Walder, Justin Bates and Sasha Blackmore

11.15 - 11.30 Refreshments

11.30 - 12.15 - Headline Session - Public Funding Shortfalls and their Impact on the Private Sector - Dan Kolinsky KC, Tim Buley KC and Katharine Elliot
12.15- 13.00 - Headline Session - Housebuilding, Habitats and Nutrient Neutrality - David Elvin KC and Jacqueline Lean
13.00 - 14.00 - Lunch

14.00 - 16.00 Breakout Sessions

You will be invited to select two topics from this list below in advance of the conference:

Breakout Session 1

• Introduction to Rating
• Property Rights, Protest and Human Rights
• Biodiversity Net Gain
Breakout Session 2
• Managing Empty Property and /  or uses that are not viable
• Planning for Climate Change
• Development Workshop: navigating easements and restrictive covenants
16.00 - 17.00 - Question and answer session based on the breakout discussions

17.00 - 19.00 - Networking drinks and canapés

Speakers: Lord Carnwath CVO, David Elvin KC, Paul Brown KC, James Maurici KC, David Forsdick KC, Dan Kolinsky KC, Tom Weekes KC, Tim Buley KC, Myriam Stacey KC, Jenny Wigley KC, Camilla Lamont, Aaron Walder, Justin Bates, Sasha Blackmore, Jacqueline Lean, Andrew Byass, Luke Wilcox, Miriam Seitler, Nick Grant, Katherine Elliot, Joel Semakula and Harley Ronan.