Registration and refreshments
08:45 to
09:30
Chair’s welcome and opening remarks
09:30 to
09:40
Speaker:
Vicky Fowler.
Partner.
Gowling WLG.
Powers available for land assembly and compulsory purchase
09:40 to
10:05
- Implications of Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill on compulsory purchase
- Options for land assembly – what powers are available through the Planning Act 2008
- Categories of land and what land can be acquired
- Compulsory purchase and biodiversity net gain
- Ancillary development
Speaker:
Richard Thurling.
Legal Director.
Gowling WLG.
Managing land assembly alongside your wider project development
10:05 to
10:30
- How to manage the land assembly process
- Timelines for development
- Project management and team needed
Speaker:
Selina Wakeham.
Partner.
Carter Jonas.
Panel discussion: Timelines for development and speeding up the process – what is needed to support this?
10:30 to
11:10
- Timescales for land assembly and having more certainty for the project
- What does speeding up the NSIP process mean for land assembly? How will it have an impact?
- What further changes and reform is needed?
Speaker:
Sarah Collins.
Head of Land, Property and Compensation at Lower Thames Crossing.
National Highways.
Morning networking and refreshments
11:10 to
11:40
Conducting land valuation – when and how to establish land value
11:40 to
12:05
- Different factors impacting value
- Estimating costs
Successfully undertaking land referencing: identifying who has land rights
12:05 to
12:30
- Identifying all parties that have land rights
- When to start and what information to record?
- Best practice and risks faced throughout the process
Speaker:
Orla Fegan.
Associate Land Consultant.
WSP.
Engaging effectively with landowners throughout the process
12:30 to
12:55
- Benefits of early engagement
- How to communicate – when and how to engage
- Changing engagement strategies throughout the process
- Carrying out negotiations
Speaker:
Georgie Harding-Edgar.
Land Manager.
Vattenfall.
Networking lunch
12:55 to
13:55
Landowner’s perspective of land assembly – what are the key concerns of landowners?
13:55 to
14:20
- Engaging effectively with land owners
- What information is required by land owners and when?
Speaker:
Louise Staples.
Rural Surveyor.
National Farmers Union (NFU).
How is land acquisition tested at examination?
14:20 to
14:45
- Demonstrating need for land
- Issue specific hearings
Speaker:
Alexander Booth KC.
Francis Taylor Building.
Calculating compensation and conducting negotiations
14:45 to
15:10
- Calculating compensation
- Budgeting for compensation alongside wider costs
- Establishing payment schedules
Speaker:
Nick Rushton.
Director & Head of Infrastructure Compensation.
Ardent.
Afternoon networking and refreshments
15:10 to
15:40
The role of technology and digital innovations in transforming the process
15:40 to
16:05
- What technologies are speeding up the process?
Implementation of powers following project approval
16:05 to
16:30
- Next steps following project approval
- Timelines for implementation – when to take possession
- Implication of rising costs on delay to implementation of powers
Case Study
16:30 to
16:55
- Lessons learnt and advice to developers
- Challenges faced and how to navigate these
Chair’s closing remarks
16:55 to
17:05
Close of conference and networking drinks
17:05 to
18:05