Planning & Environment Update 2024 - BOOKING NOW

On Friday of next week, 23 February, I shall be chairing a seminar in London (and online) which will give everyone an opportunity to get up to speed with the new planning and biodiversity regime that has just come into force (from12 February). The importance of this legislation cannot be over-emphasised. It will have a major impact on the way that development is carried out, and the processes that must now be gone through when planning and getting permission for development.

A whole suite of regulations has now come into force as part of the moves to embed biodiversity into the planning system. From now on, many planning permissions for the development of land in England will be subject to a new general condition requiring approval of a biodiversity net gain plan before development can begin. So planners, developers and their professional advisers need to know what these recent changes mean in practice, so that projects don't fall foul of the increasingly complex and diverse environmental regulations affecting planning decisions. Our expert panel will:

• bring you up to speed with the new Biodiversity Net Gain regime

• provide practical tips and guidance on how to make sure your projects are not biodiversity problems

• update you on the progress of the Environment Act and other policy issues

As ever there will also be a lively panel session where you can ask your own questions, making it an unmissable event for all developers, their advisers and planners.

This seminar is being held at One Great George Street, London, SW1P 3AA (or you can, if you prefer, attend online via Zoom). It starts at 10.00 a.m. that morning and will continue until at 1.00 p.m. The fee of £175+ VAT includes a free copy of Contamination, Pollution & The Planning Process: A Practitioner's Guide and, as a bonus, a free eBook - The Environment Act 2021: A Guide for Planners & Developers (delivered to your inbox when you book a place). With only 9 days left within which to secure your place, there is no time to lose in getting your booking in.

We have an excellent panel of speakers who are experts in their field:

Tom Graham, barrister now acting as a sole practitioner specialising in planning, highway and environmental law. He is also the author of A Practical Guide to Planning, Highways & Developmentand The Environment Act 2021: A Guide for Planners & Developers.

Jacqueline Lean, Barrister, Landmark Chambers.

Alistair Mills, Fellow and College Lecturer in Law at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He is a practising barrister and author of Interpreting the NPPF and co-author of the Fourth Edition of A Practical Guide to Permitted Changes of Use.

Dr Nick White, Principal Advisor - Net Gain, Natural England.

This is the programme in outline:

09.30 - 10.00 - Registration & Refreshments
10.00 - 10.10 - Introduction from the Chair - Martin Goodall
10.10 - 10.40 - Environment Act Update - Where are we now? - Jacqueline Lean
10.40 - 11.10 - Planning Policy & the Environment - current thinking - Alistair Mills

11.10 - 11.30 - Refreshments

11.30 - 12.00 - The new Biodiversity Net Gain regime - Dr Nick White
12.00 - 12.30 - Biodiversity and Planning: practical tips - Tom Graham
12.30 - 13.00 - Panel session

BOOK NOW ON THE BATH PUBLISHING WEBSITE: https://bathpublishing.com/

But hurry – You have only a little over a week left to secure your place.

MARTIN H GOODALL