HigHligHts include:• Thelatestandproposedlegislativeand

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land-useenvironmentallaw• Thecurrentappealssystem• Majorinfrastructureplanningpost-election• Regeneration–wheredowegofromhere?• ThewiderheritageimplicationsofPPS5• Theroleofplanningintacklingclimatechange

Monday 8th november 2010THEHALLAMCONFERENCECENTRE,GREATPORTLANDSTREET,MARYLEBONE,LONDONW1W6JJ

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sPeAkeRs:Ben linscott,AssistantDirector,ThePlanninginspectorate

steve Quartermain,ChiefPlanner,CommunitiesandLocalGovernment

John Pugh-smith,Barrister,39EssexStreet

Richard Wald,Barrister,39EssexStreet

Robbie Owen,HeadofMajorProjects,BirchamDysonBell

kevan carrick,CharteredSurveyor,JKPropertyConsultantsLLP

nigel Hewitson,HeadofPlanning,NortonRose,andex-LegalDirector,EnglishHeritage

kate Henderson,CEO,TownandCountryPlanningAssociation(TCPA)

cHAiR:Robin Purchas QC,HeadofChambers,FrancisTaylorBuilding

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09.00 REGiSTRATiONWiTHCOFFEE

09.30 OPening ReMARks FROM tHe cHAiR Robin Purchas QC,HeadofChambers,FrancisTaylorBuilding

09.40 cuRRent APPeAls sYsteM• role of inspectorate• drivers for change (the Planning act 2008)• casework initiatives• core principles of the appeal service• Good practice advice

Ben Linscott, AssistantDirector,ThePlanninginspectorate

10.20 QuestiOns And AnsWeRs

10.25 lAtest And PROPOsed legislAtiVe And POlicY deVelOPMents

an update on the government’s policy thinking on reforming the planning system.

Steve Quartermain, ChiefPlanner,CommunitiesandLocalGovernment

11.15 QuestiOns And AnsWeRs

11.20 MORNiNGCOFFEE

11.30 PlAnning cAse lAW uPdAte John Pugh-Smith, Barrister,39EssexStreet

12.10 QuestiOns And AnsWeRs

12.15 cAse lAW uPdAte On lAnd-use enViROnMentAl lAW• climate change litigation: the challenge to heathrow’s

3rd runway• the meaning of “plan or project” for the purposes

of the habitats directive• eia and retrospective planning permissions• environmental information • Sentencing in environmental prosecutions• costs in environmental litigation

Richard Wald,Barrister,39EssexStreet

12.55 QuestiOns And AnsWeRs

13.00 LUNCH

beneFit FroM a coMPrehenSiVe ProGraMMe oF toPicSthis essential event will provide you with a one-stop update on all the key developments in planning legislation, case law and policy over the last year.

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a coMPLete UPdate in one daySpeakers from government and private practice will provide practical guidance on:

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• Post-election infrastructure planning – progress of the implementation of the Planning act 2008 and likely effects of the forthcoming Localism bill

• the next steps for regeneration – detailed analysis of current circumstances, economic development, governmental policy, funding and delivery

• Planning for the historic environment – the wider heritage implications of the new Planning Policy Statement 5 (PPS5)

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14.00 MAJOR inFRAstRuctuRe PlAnning POst-electiOn• the progress made with implementation of the Planning

act 2008, in terms of the new system of national Policy Statements and the infrastructure Planning commission for nationally significant transport, energy, water, waste and waste water projects in england and Wales

• the likely effect of the government’s reforms to the regime to be set out in the forthcoming Localism bill

Robbie Owen,HeadofMajorProjects,BirchamDysonBell

14.40 QuestiOns And AnsWeRs

14.45 RegeneRAtiOn – WHeRe dO We gO FROM HeRe?• current circumstance, coping with change• economic development• Physical regeneration • eU, UK government, regional policies and localism • Public sector funding and private sector finance • delivery

Kevan Carrick, CharteredSurveyor,JKPropertyConsultantsLLP

15.25 QuestiOns And AnsWeRs

15.30 TEA

15.45 tHe WideR HeRitAge iMPlicAtiOns OF tHe neW PPs5• “heritage assets” and their identification • descriptions of Significance • determining application involving heritage assets • Problems with non-designated heritage assets • What about archaeology?

Nigel Hewitson, HeadofPlanning,NortonRose,andex-LegalDirector,EnglishHeritage

16.25 QuestiOns And AnsWeRs

16.30 tHe ROle OF PlAnning in tAckling cliMAte cHAnge • the scale of the challenge and the case for action• the role of planning• the Planning and climate change coalition and the new

climate PPS• time for a new energy paradigm• the importance of adaptation and the need to integrate

adaptation and mitigation solutions, showcasing the eU-funded GrabS project (www.grabs-eu.org)

Kate Henderson, CEOTCPA

17.10 QuestiOns And AnsWeRs

17.15 CLOSEOFCONFERENCE

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tHe sWeet & MAXWell PlAnning lAW cOnFeRence 2010 UNDERSTANDTHEiMPACTOFTHELATESTDEvELOPMENTSMonday 8th noVeMber 2010 the haLLaM conFerence centre, Great PortLand Street, MaryLebone, London W1W 6JJ

Robin Purchas QcistheHeadofChambersatFrancisTaylorBuildingintheTemple.Hismainareasofworkareinthefieldofadministrative,environmental,localgovernmentandplanninglawintheHighCourtandtribunalsandinquiries.Heisalsoaleadingspecialistincompulsorypurchase,valuationandcompensationmattersandhaswideexperienceinconnectionwiththepromotionofandoppositiontomajorgovernmentandpublicinfrastructureschemes.HeisimmediatepastchairmanofthePlanningandEnvironmentBarAssociationandtheLeaderoftheParliamentaryBar.HesitsasadeputyHighCourtjudgeandarecorderoftheCrownCourt.

steve QuartermainistheChiefPlannerforthegovernmentandbrings30yearsofplanningexperiencetotherole.StevewasPresidentofthePlanningOfficers’Societyin2007/8andworkedwiththeYorkshirebranchoftheRTPifor20years.SteveisHeadofProfession.

John Pugh-smith,of39EssexStreetChambersmainareasofpracticeareplanningandenvironmentallaw,withrelatedlocalgovernment,parliamentaryandpropertywork.Healsopractisesasamediatorinmorewiderangingdisputes.JohnistheoriginatingauthorandnowgeneraleditorofNeighbours and the Law,co-authorofArchaeology in Law,generaleditorofShackleton’s Law of MeetingsandjointeditorofProperty, Planning and Compensation Reports(allpublishedbySweet&Maxwell)andaregularspeakeratSweet&Maxwell’sAnnualPlanningLawConference.

Richard WaldwascalledtotheBarin1997.Hespecialisesinallareasofplanning,environmentalandpubliclaw.HeistheGeneralEditorofSweet & Maxwell’s Encyclopedia of Environmental Lawandtheco-authorofButterworth’s Highways Law and Practice.in2008hewasappointedtotheAttorneyGeneral’sB-PanelofCounseltotheCrown.HeisregularlyratedbyChambers&Partners,theLegal500andPlanningMagazineasoneoftheUK’stopjuniorsintheareasofPlanningLawandEnvironmentalLaw.

Robbie OwenisaplanningandinfrastructurelawyerandHeadofMajorProjectsatBirchamDysonBell.HeisalsoaRollAParliamentaryAgent.Hehasover20years’experienceofsuccessfullypromotingandopposingawiderangeofinfrastructureandothermajorprojects,advisingboththepublicandprivatesector,promotersandobjectors.HeheadsuponeofthelargestplanninglawteamsintheUKwhichissupportedbyanin-housepublicaffairsandcommunicationsconsultancy.Since2007RobbiehasbeenamemberofthePlanningSoundingBoard.Robbiealsoco-editsButterworth’s Planning Law: A Practical Guide to National Infrastructure Projects.

kevan carrickB.Sc.(Est.Man),FRiCSCEDRAccreditedMediator.Asacharteredsurveyorandpropertyconsultant,Kevanhasadvisedgovernment,developmentagencies,localcouncils,public/privatepartnerships,investmentfunds,propertyinvestorsanddevelopmentcompanies,corporateandsmallbusinesses,charities,andindividuals.HeisspokesmanonPolicyfortheRiCSNorthEastRegionofEngland,commentingonEuropeanandUKnationalandregionalpolicymattersaffectingproperty,construction,landandtheenvironment.

nigel HewitsonisHeadofPlanningatinternationallegalpracticeNortonRoseLLP.Hehasover20years’experienceadvisingclientsonplanninglaw.HavingworkedinlocalgovernmentandasLegalDirectoratEnglishHeritagebeforegoingintoprivatepractice,heisperhapsuniquelyqualifiedtospeakaboutheritageissues.

kate HendersonMEiCEnvMScDiCistheChiefExecutiveoftheTownandCountryPlanningAssociation(TCPA),whereherroleistofurtherdevelop,shareandarticulatetheTCPA’spolicyandcampaignsagenda.Katehasdevelopedandmanagedstakeholderrelationshipswithkeypolicyinfluencersincludinggovernment,oppositionparties,MPs,civilservants,NGOs,tradeassociationsandacademics,mostrecentlymanagingthePlanningandClimateChangeCoalition.Kateregularlywritesfortradepublicationsandjournals,includingwritinganexpertpaper‘the case for climate change adaptation’aspartoftheTCPA-ledEuropeanprojectinadaptation.SheisaProfessionalMemberoftheEnergyinstituteandaCharteredEnvironmentalist.

Ben linscottistheinspectorate’sAssistantDirector(Planning)andhasbeenaninspectorsince1996,havingpreviouslyworkedinlocalgovernmentandprivatesectorplanning.HemanagestheS78appealserviceandtakestheleadonanumberofinspectorspecialistareas.HehasbeenheavilyinvolvedinthereformoftheAppealssystemandinpromulgatingbestpractice,internallyandexternally.

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