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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
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