Planning Reform Conference: Unlocking Sustainable Growth

Overview

Major Planning reform is required to resolve supply side pressures on the housing market. Although a myriad of other factors contributes to anaemic housebuilding, the UK’s byzantine planning system has been identified by the current administration as one of the primary blockers.

With the government targeting 370,000 homes to be built per year, an increase from previous target of 300,000 the reform agenda is being watched by the private & public sector alike. This is of course compounded by the reality that from September 2023 – September 2024, only 221,500 were built according to EPC data.

The Planning Reform Conference 2025 bring together leaders from across the private, public, and charity sectors. This conference aims to enable leaders to navigate the evolving planning landscape & to drive sustainable growth of our towns and communities.

Agenda

• 9.00am

  Registration

• 9.20am

  Chairs Opening Remarks

• 09.30am

  Keynote: Policy Update: aims of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill

  • Hear from the government to understand the latest plans for encouraging house building and regeneration
  • Learn how the government plans to liberalise planning near commuter belts to ensure housing is found where it is needed
  • No houses without infrastructure; hear how the government plans to fast track certain projects to ensure sustainable house building
• 10.00am

  Keynote: Overcoming Barriers to House Building

  • Explore the reasons behind the housing shortage, understanding both supply & demand issues nationwide
  • Learn how different areas face different issues with respect to housebuilding
  • Appreciate the interlinked factors leading to the current lack of house building

  Rico Wojtulewicz, Head of Policy & Market Insight, National Federation of Builders (CONFIRMED)

  

• 10.30am

  Questions & Answers

• 10.50am

  Comfort Break

• 11.10am

  Keynote: Views from the Private Sector – Market implications & Financial viability of New Developments

  • Address the issues with escalating construction costs which are impacting feasibility
  • Learn from successful urban regeneration projects
  • Hear innovative strategies to keep costs down while not sacrificing quality

  Senior Leadership, Major UK House Builder & Contractor (Invited)

• 11.40am

  Case Study: Development in Existing Towns and Cities vs. New Towns

  • Understand the balancing between urban regeneration with new communities to meet demand
  • Explore the complexities of land availability, infrastructure costs, community impact, and sustainability
  • Exploring strategic trade-offs and best practices
• 12.10pm

  Questions & Answers

• 12.10pm

  Lunch

• 1.20pm

  Breakout Networking

• 2.00pm

  Case Study: Green belt developments and the forgotten stakeholder: Nature

  • Appreciate the difficulties in identifying suitable areas for house building
  • Hear how ‘Grey belt’ development may alleviate pressures on greenbelt without impacting natural beauty
  • Appreciate concerns of local residents and their views with respect to new developments near & on greenbelt land.
• 2.30pm

  Case Study: Accelerating infrastructure to enable housebuilding

  • Understand that house building targets mean very little without the requisite infrastructure to support them
  • Hear how infrastructure proposals can also contribute to natural spaces and net-zero targets
  • Learn of the economic benefits of large scale infrastructure projects, both in the near & long term

  Vanessa Strange, Head of Infrastructure Investment, Lincolnshire County Council (Invited)

• 3.00pm

  Questions & Answers

• 3.20

  Comfort Break

• 3.40pm

  Case Study: Enhancing Community Engagement to overcome NIMBYism

  • Hear how engaging the local community leads to lessened community resistance
  • Learn best practice to obtain stakeholder engagement and social value
  • Realise additional value for communities by integrating suggestions & ideas
• 4.00pm

  Case Study: Supporting Affordable and Social Housing Initiatives

  • Addressing the growing demand for affordable and social housing
  • Exploring funding mechanisms and government incentives
  • Ensuring inclusivity and accessibility in housing developments

  Senior leader from the Mayor of London’s ‘Affordable Housing Programme’ (Invited)

• 4.20pm

  Questions & Answers

• 4.40pm

  Chairs Closing Remarks 

• 5.00pm

  Conference Close

Why you Should Attend?

Why Attend?

• Hear the latest updates from leaders across the building and infrastructure industry
• Understand the approach of local and national government to addressing the housing crisis
• Opportunities to connect with other industry professionals
• 8 hours worth of CPD points

Who Should Attend?

Pricing Options

Sponsorship

Raise your Profile, Showcase Your Solutions, Generate New Business

If your products, services, and solutions can support our audiences in their roles, and you want to make connections and generate new business with key stakeholders, decision makers, and influencers, then please contact us HERE

IMPORTANT: There are only a small number of sponsorship opportunities available to ensure maximum exposure and ROI – contact us today to secure your place.

Virtual vs F2F

Whilst F2F provide better options for networking, there are many distinct advantages of sponsoring our online conferences including:

• Wider geographical reach of delegates and a different audience who prefer online to f2f
• Lower sponsorship package costs
• No travel/accommodation
• Less time out of the office
• No stand materials required (lower costs)
• 1 of only 2 sponsors involved – less competition on the day
• Prime speaking slot in the morning of the conference including Q&A – less distractions and easier for delegates to hear/absorb information
• Receive all delegate data after the conference to follow-up directly with those who attend and don’t attend (small % but still key stakeholders)
• Ongoing exposure via OnDemand access (coming soon)

To find out more and discuss your specific objectives, please contact us below: