Registration and refreshments
08:45 to
09:30
Chair’s welcome and opening remarks
09:30 to
09:40
Speaker:
John Sayer.
Chair; Head of Regeneration.
Compulsory Purchase Association; Ardent.
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?
Speakers:
Sarah Collins.
Head of Land, Property and Compensation, Lower Thames Crossing.
National Highways.
Dr Pauleen Lane CBE.
Professional Lead for Infrastructure.
The Planning Inspectorate.
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.
Conducting valuation and establishing project costs
11:50 to
12:15
- How to calculate land value
- Calculating losses and impacts outside of land value
- Land value and viability
Speaker:
Simon Mole.
Partner.
Montagu Evans.
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:
Peter King.
Land Referencing Consultant.
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
Speaker:
Jessica Bere.
Technical Director.
Gateley Hamer.
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
Speaker:
Selina Wakeham.
Partner.
Carter Jonas.
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
Speakers:
Chris Simpson.
Board Director; Land Advisory Director.
Society of Land Referencers; Mott MacDonald.
Dr Thanasis Skentos.
Director - Head of Land Referencing.
Savills.
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