Location: Royal College of Surgeons of England 38-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3PE

Cost: £162 – £180

The Cornerstone Planning Team is delighted to invite you to its annual planning conference.

Aimed at planning specialists, solicitors and policymakers, this year's conference will address hot topics in planning, including landscape, heritage and planning issues when promoting development on Greenfield sites, EIA in a time of climate change, and developments in fracking and other forms of energy supply. Our speakers frequently appear in the leading planning and environmental law cases which shape the planning system and develop planning law.

We are also very pleased to announce that Rebecca Phillips - the Professional Lead for Planning Appeals at the Planning Inspectorate - will deliver the keynote speech. Having had over 12 years' experience as a Planning Inspector, her role now includes leading PINS development of a new operating model for inquiries and hearings.

The conference will be followed by a complimentary drinks reception from 16:30 - 18:30. The reception will be the ideal forum to meet our barristers and hear their expert views in an informal environment, as well as exchange ideas with other planners and solicitors.

We hope you can join us, and we look forward to seeing you then.

Programme:

09:00 Registration and refreshments
09:30 Chair's welcome and introduction
Tom Cosgrove KC, Joint Head of Chambers
09:40 Keynote Speech
Rebecca Phillips, Professional Lead - Planning Appeals at the Planning Inspectorate
10:00 Promoting development on greenfield sites: landscape, planning and heritage issues
Emma Dring and Dr Ashley Bowes
10:30 EIA in a time of climate change: Finch v Surrey CC and the Government’s proposals for reform
Harriet Townsend and Dr Alex Williams
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 Delivering energy supply: what it means for planning, people and places
Michael Bedford KC and Ruchi Parekh
12:00 Altering development in light of Hillside
Robin Green and Olivia Davies
12:30 What the Frack? Drilling down into the detail on law and policy
Jack Parker and Verity Bell

13:00 Lunch

14:00 Case Law Update
Emmaline Lambert, Asitha Ranatunga and Josef Cannon
14:45 Why buildings aren’t like vegetables: tackling embodied carbon
Estelle Dehon KC and Rowan Clapp
15:15 Panel discussion: hot topics in planning law
16:00 Closing remarks
16:30 Drinks reception