Planning Futures

Panel: Hannah David - Planning Futures (Chair); Mike Reader MP; Dr Victoria Hills - Chief Executive, RTPI; Cllr Claire Holland - Chair of London Councils, Leader - LB Lambeth; Andrew Taylor - Group Planning Director, Vistry Group.

Following a busy year of policy announcements, the main elements of the Government’s new planning regime will soon be in place.  With an ambitious housing target for this parliament, attention must now turn to the delivery of new homes – within national and local government and across the planning and development sector.

This session will bring together leading politicians and industry experts to discuss how the Government’s planning policy will be converted into planning practice, and ultimately the construction of the new homes that we need across the country.

This panel will focus on how local authorities and developers can work proactively, using the new planning rules, to increase the pace of delivery.

Panel: Hannah David - Planning Futures (Chair); Baroness Maclean of Redditch - Minister of State for Housing and Planning 2023; Cllr Dan Swords - Leader, Harlow Council; Kate Henderson - Chief Executive, National Housing Federation; Andrew Taylor - Group Planning Director, Vistry Group.

Whilst currently in opposition, the Conservative Party continues to have a significant influence over the way we plan for and deliver new housing.  In Parliament, and in Conservative-led councils across the country, Conservative politicians play an important role in shaping national and local planning policy and in making decisions about the quantity and quality of new housing that is delivered.

As the party goes through a period of renewal, this panel event will explore how Conservatives can continue to contribute to delivering the housing that Britain so desperately needs.

Bringing together leading politicians and key industry experts, the session will explore how we can build the quantum of housing needed, whilst maintaining the highest standards in place making and protecting the natural environment.

At a time of change for planning, planners and the planning system, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government is responsible for supporting the public sector as it implements a significant pipeline of new government policy.

As Director General of Regeneration, Housing and Planning at the Department, Joanna Key is one of the most consequential figures in terms of both the design and delivery of the planning reform agenda.

We are, therefore, delighted to announce that she has agreed to join us for this edition of the Planning Futures Supper Club.

Following the usual Supper Club format, Ms. Key will deliver an after dinner speech setting out the Department’s vision for the planning system and how it will be delivered.

This will in turn be followed by a discussion amongst attendees.