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.
Cathryn Tracey.
Director.
Burges Salmon.
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
14:10
- 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.
Managing compensation and negotiations in land assembly – major infrastructure
14:10 to
14:40
- Who can make a claim and how are they made?
- Assessing compensation
- Navigating compensation negotiations
Speaker:
Selina Wakeham.
Partner.
Carter Jonas.
Afternoon networking and refreshments
14:40 to
15:10
Demonstrating need for land – how is land acquisition tested at examination?
15:10 to
15:40
- What evidence is needed?
- The use of hearings
- Securing agreements outside of examination
Speaker:
Harriet Townsend KC.
Barrister.
Cornerstone Barristers.
Panel discussion: Increasing the level of knowledge in the sector – managing the skills and recruitment needed to carry out the pipeline of projects
15:40 to
16:10
- 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.
Guy Russell.
UK Head of Infrastructure.
Savills.
Chair’s closing remarks
16:10 to
16:20
Close of conference and networking drinks
16:20 to
17:20