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24th Bristol Planning Law and Policy Conference and Dinner, 15 May 2025 
 

Planning for infrastructure: Are we nearly there yet?

 

Please see the 2025 conference programme below.

08:45 Registration and coffee 

 

09:15 Welcome and introduction 

Chris Dadds,

Director of Planning and Development South, JLL

Cat Loveday,

Senior Lecturer of Planning and Development, UWE Bristol

 

Main Papers 

 

09:25 Title

Title

Adam Challis,  

Head of Research & Strategy UK, JLL  

 

[Followed by Q&A] 

 

09:55 National Context

Title

Lord Charlie Banner KC (TBC) 

Barrister, Keating Chambers 

 

[Followed by Q&A] 

 

10:25 Tea and coffee 

 

10:55 Title  

Title

Joanne Averley,  

Chief Planner, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, UK Government

TBC

Hannah Hickman, 

Associate Professor - Planning Practice, UWE Bristol  

 

[Followed by Q&A] 

11:55 Case Studies  

TITLE

WECA Speaker

TBC 

Zoe Davies

Leader Elect, Bristol City Council

 

[Followed by Q&A] 

 

12:55 Morning plenary  

13:00 Lunch 

 

14:00 South West Case Studies 

‘Delamare Park – Looking to the Future’ 

Ralph Hawkins, 

Managing Director, Barratt David Wilson Homes (South West)  

 

‘Meeting our ambition to provide good quality homes and thriving communities in Bristol’  

James Gibson, 

Regional Managing Director, Sovereign Network Group  

 

[Followed by Q&A] 

 

15:00 Tea and coffee 

 

15:15 Title

Title

Dominic Barton

Director of Heat Networks - Bristol 

 

15:40 Legal update    

James Maurici KC, 

Barrister, Landmark Chambers  

 

[Followed by Q&A] 

16:35 Conference close 

Dinner 

18:45 Drinks reception 

19:30 Dinner and welcome 

Evening Host 

 

Kary Withers, 

Manging Director, Clarke Willmott

 

After dinner speaker   

Rageh Omaar, Journalist and news presenter 

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