Upcoming Events
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Thu27Feb202519:00 (for 19:30) - 22:00Private Dining Room (upstairs) Davy's at St. James, Crown Passage, Pall Mall, London SW1Y 6QY
Planning Futures Supper Club - Chris Curtis MP
Labour’s landslide victory in last year’s General Election ushered in a new generation of MPs for whom the housing crisis represents one of the most urgent political issues of our times.
Since July of last year, Chris Curtis MP has been one of the most outspoken voices on housing – both in Parliament, where he has made many contributions to debates relating planning and housing legislation, and through his campaigning work and public appearances.
One of Labour’s quintessential Yimbys, we are delighted to be joined by Mr Curtis for this edition of the Planning Futures Supper Club.
Following the usual Supper Club format, Mr Curtis will give an after-dinner speech outlining his work, in Parliament and beyond, to drive forward the delivery of new housing across all tenures and the challenges that he sees ahead.
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Thu03Apr202508:30 - 09:45 (Breakfast provided)John Tudor Room, Central Hall Westminster, Storey's Gate, London SW1H 9NJ
In Conversation: With Richard Schofield, Chief Planning Inspector - A View From the Planning Inspectorate
Chair - Richard Harwood OBE KC
As the Chief Planning Inspector at the Planning Inspectorate, Richard Schofield has oversite of the system that deals with planning appeals, national infrastructure planning applications and the examination of local plans.
This is a system that is arguably at it’s most visible when things go wrong, when planning decisions are contested and when local plans do not meet the standards set out in government policy and legislation.
The Planning inspectorate therefore, not only has an important role as arbiter but also enjoys a
unique vantage point on the broader planning system – a sense of where things go wrong and an insight into both good and bad decision making at every stage of the planning process.This In Conversation session will explore this insight in terms of both the decision making and plan making processes and will consider how applicants and local authorities can avoid making mistakes and contribute towards good decision making.
Mr Schofield will be invited to make an opening statement of approximately ten minutes followed by questions from the Chair and from the floor
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Thu10Apr202519:00 (for 19:30) - 22:00Private Dining Room (upstairs) Davy's at St. James, Crown Passage, Pall Mall, London SW1Y 6QY
Planning Futures Supper Club - The Lord Banner KC
In 2024, Lord Banner KC was appointed by the then Conservative Government to lead an independent review “into the causes of legal challenges brought against the NSIP regime and to explore the scope and options for improving existing processes”.
The Banner Review was published in October 2024 and, following a period of consultation, the new Labour Government announced in January 2025 that it would take forward many of the report’s recommendations.
We are delighted therefore to be joined for this edition of the Planning Futures Supper Club by Lord Banner, who will set how he arrived at the views that underpin the review and how he thinks the NSIP regime will evolve following the Government’s endorsement of his report.
Lord Banner KC is a leading planning silk, based at Keating Chambers. First called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2004, he was appointed Queen’s Council in 2019. Since 2024 he has been a working member of the House of Lords. He has acted as counsel in some of the most important planning cases of the last decade and is co-founder and co-presenter of the popular planning podcast, “Have We Got Planning News For You”.
Following the usual Supper Club format, Lord Banner will give a brief after dinner speech, which will be followed by a discussion amongst attendees.
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Thu12Jun202519:30 – 21:30Peers Dining Room, House of Lords Westminster
The Planning Futures Summer Parliamentary Reception 2025
Planning Futures
is delighted to join with its 2024/2025 programme sponsors
hgh Consulting and the Vistry Group
to bring you
The 7th Annual Parliamentary Reception in the House of Lords
The sponsoring peer for the event will be Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
This Reception is for invited guests only