Planning Enforcement Conference 2025
Programme
9:30am Registration
10:00am Welcome
Helen Fadipe - President, RTPI
10:20am Short term lets and HMOs - an urban conundrum
Shadi Brazell - Director, Central London Forward
Izindi Visagie - Partner, Ivy Legal
10:50am Pathways to Planning
Shelly Rouse - Principal Consultant, the Planning Advisory Service
11:20am Networking break
11:35am Planning units / Drafting Enforcement Notices
Claire Sherratt - Professional & Operations Lead (Enforcement) (Inspector)
Chatura Saravanan - Pupil Barrister, No5 Chambers
This session will focus on the basics of drafting an enforcement notice, highlighting some common pitfalls and important points for local authorities to consider. We will also look at how to identify planning units and how to avoid under-enforcement.
12:35pm Planning enforcement and planning policy
Dr Sarah Groves-Phillips - Corporate Manager for Planning Services, Cyngor Sir CEREDIGION County Council
Sarah discusses the interlinks between planning enforcement back to planning policy, to 'close the circle'.
1:05pm Networking lunch
2:00pm No5 Chambers Legal update
Scott Stemp - Planning barrister at No5 Chambers
Scott will provide a planning law update to bring delegates up to speed with the latest changes within the enforcement profession.
2:45pm Networking break
3:00pm Enforcement of conditions
Mark O'Brien O'Reilly - Planning Barrister at Francis Taylor Building
Jack Smyth - Planning and Environmental Barrister at No5
Mark and Jack will speak about recent decisions concerning completion notices and section 28 challenges.
4:00pm Changing perspectives: Appeal tips
Ahsan Ghafoor - Associate at Ivy Legal
Ahsan Ghafoor gives his perspective and tips on defending appeals drawing on his extensive experience
4:30pm Closing Remarks
4:40pm Event close
Find out more about the 2025 Planning Enforcement Conference
Sponsor
The conference is kindly sponsored by:
No5 Chambers
Headline Sponsor
No5 Chambers
Headline Sponsor
The Planning and Environment Group at No5 is widely acknowledged by industry professionals and the legal press as being one of the leading sets of planning and environment barristers in the country. Host to some of the leading barristers in the field, members have been involved in many of the UK’s major cases over the last three decades. Expertise includes energy and infrastructure projects, minerals and waste, retail and commercial development, residential developments (including new town settlements), environmental law, Compulsory purchase, and Enforcement.
Dentons
Venue Sponsor
Dentons
Venue Sponsor
Dentons UKI planning team sits within our 200+ strong UKI real estate practice working from five offices across the UK and Ireland. We are ranked as one of the UK's leading planning law practices in the Legal 500 and Chambers Directories. We are known for expertise in large-scale housing and mixed-use regeneration projects, CPO and infrastructure advice. The range, complexity and profile of work – for national and local Government, developers, investors and infrastructure providers – stands out. Our point of difference is the balance of advising both Government and investors on all areas of planning law.
This gives us a different perspective and helps drive our reputation for finding solutions and remaining at the forefront of legal innovation. Our working culture - focussed on building consensus and solving problems within project teams and with counterparties - is distinctive. We believe our values – brevity, integrity, innovation and common sense – are recognised as helping us to drive success for our clients.