Land Assembly and Compulsory Purchase for Major Infrastructure 2025  |  1 May 2025  -  Burges Salmon, London

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Registration and refreshments
08:45  to  09:30
Chair’s welcome and opening remarks
09:30  to  09:40
Powers available for land acquisition and impacts of recent policy change
09:40  to  10:05
  • Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 and recent changes impacting the land acquisition process
  • What are the options for land acquisition and how to use these?
  • Changes to hope value
  • Land acquisition for biodiversity net gain
Speaker:
Gary Soloman. Partner. Burges Salmon.
Panel discussion: Managing risks and delays to delivering land assembly for projects on time – navigating key issues to land acquisition in 2025
10:05  to  10:55
  • Managing delays while still meeting project timelines
  • Competition for land between schemes and managing project interactions – how is this impacting land value and project viability
  • Key issues impacting land assembly in 2025 and possible solutions
  • Judicial review and land acquisition – when is there enough certainty to progress land acquisition?
Speaker:
Sarah Collins. Head of Land, Property and Compensation, Lower Thames Crossing. National Highways.
Morning networking and refreshments
10:55  to  11:25
Conducting land assembly alongside project development – where does land acquisition fit and managing the process
11:25  to  11:50
  • Aligning land assembly with wider project development – how to coordinate with project design and planning?
  • Identifying possible efficiencies in the process – what can be done at an early stage?
  • The possible impacts of land assembly on project funding
Speaker:
Harry Stubbs. Director. Dalcour Maclaren.
Conducing valuation and establishing project costs
11:50  to  12:15
  • How to calculate land value
  • Calculating losses and impacts outside of land value 
  • Land valuable and viability
Best approaches to undertaking land referencing
12:15  to  12:40
  • Identifying all those with land rights
  • Recording information accurately – what is needed?
  • The role of technology to create efficiencies in land referencing
Speaker:
Speaker from. TerraQuest.
Networking lunch
12:40  to  13:40
Successfully engaging with land owners – understanding when to engage and the impacts on land owners
13:40  to  14:05
  • Changing in guidance on land owner engagement
  • How and when to engage?
  • How much engagement is too much engagement?
  • Understanding the impact of land assembly on mental health
Calculating compensation and managing negotiations
14:05  to  14:30
  • Who can make a claim and how are they made?
  • Assessing compensation
  • Navigating compensation negotiations
Demonstrating need for land – how is land acquisition tested at examination?
14:30  to  14:55
  • The use of issue specific hearings
  • What evidence is needed?
  • Securing agreements outside of examination
Speaker:
Harriet Townsend KC. Barrister. Cornerstone Barristers.
Afternoon networking and refreshments
14:55  to  15:25
Panel discussion: Increasing the level of knowledge in the sector – managing the skills and recruitment needed to carry out the pipeline of projects
15:25  to  15:55
  • Attracting more people to the industry – how to showcase the sector?
  • Managing the current pipeline of projects and knowledge in the industry
  • Ensuring landowners have access to correct advice and level of support
Speaker:
Chris Simpson. Co-Founder and Board Director; Development Lead, Consents & Engagement. Society of Land Referencers; Mott MacDonald.
Undertaking temporary possession of land
15:55  to  16:20
  • Actioning temporary possession powers – providing notice
  • Calculating impact during time of possession
  • Land reinstatement and returning to original use – what is required and how long to allow for reinstatement?  
Case study
16:20  to  16:45
Chair’s closing remarks
16:45  to  16:50
Close of conference and networking drinks
16:50  to  17:30

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