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25th Bristol Planning Law and Policy Conference and Dinner, 14 May 2026 
 

Planning for Tomorrow’s World: 25 Years Later

 

Please see the 2026 conference programme below.

08:30  Registration and coffee 

 

09:00 Welcome and introduction 

 

Main Papers 

 

09:15  Planning under Labour - Two years in, where are we?

Chris Young KC 

King's Counsel

No5 Barristers Chambers 

 

09:45  Local Plans:  Where are we? How could LPA’s use AI to facilitate them?

Suzanne Ornsby KC

King's Counsel

Francis Taylor Building Chambers 

 

10:15  Green belt/Grey belt Title TBC 

Sasha White KC

King's Counsel

Name

Job Title

Landmark Chambers 

 

10.45 Q&A 

 

11.00 Tea and coffee 

 

11.25 Smart Cities Title TBC 

Dr Zaheer Khan 

Professor of Computer Science, 

University of the West of England 

 

11:55 Strategic Planning Title TBC 

John Wilkinson 

Director - Place, 

West of England Combined Mayoral Authority 

 

12:25 New Towns Taskforce- Title TBC 

Emma Wilson

Head of Regeneration and Growth

Plymouth City Council  

 

12:55 Q&A 

13:10 Lunch 

 

14:00 Examples of delivery Title TBC 

Duncan Powell 

Group Planning Director,  

Acorn Property Group 

 

14:30 Local Plans: the impact of the double helix on local authorities 

Shelly Rouse 

Principal Consultant, 

Planning Advisory Service 

 

15:00 What will Planning look like in 25 years time?

Harry Quartermain 

Head of Research, 

Landtech

 

15:30  Q&A 

 

15:45 Workshop with Conversation and Networking  

Tea and coffee 

   

16:30 Conference close 

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Dinner 

18:30 Drinks reception 

19:30 Dinner and welcome 

Evening Host 

 

TBC 

JLL 

 

After dinner speaker   

Professor David Olusoga OBE, 

Historian, writer, broadcaster, and film-maker 

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