Sponsors

Landmark Chambers is ranked by the legal directories as the UK’s top barristers set for planning law. Our planning group is 69-strong, led by 26 silks.

Working throughout the UK, Europe and internationally, our work covers all sectors of planning, including housing, retail, commercial, leisure, transport, energy, major infrastructure, regeneration, minerals, and waste. Our expertise in public, property, environmental and EU law makes us uniquely placed to advise on the many planning matters that overlap in these areas.

We’re a leading UK property consultancy, at the forefront of two of the most dynamic real estate markets in the UK: the Oxford-Cambridge Arc and the emerging field of Natural Capital. Our 500-strong team manages over £5.2bn in property assets for national and international investors, and serves as a gateway to these highly attractive markets for science and technology corporations and investors across North America, Middle East, Asia Pacific and Europe. Today, we are the largest property consultancy in the Arc region, with one of the largest planning teams in the UK - our work is extraordinarily diverse.

Pegasus Group is a leading development consultancy offering full development lifecycle expertise bringing innovative thinking to create beautiful places which enhance the built and natural environment.

No matter the project, no matter the challenge you can rely on us to find solutions, get things done, and to make sure that you are always moving towards success – whatever your goal. We make sure that everything we do for you is Expertly Done.

Place Services are a traded service of Essex County Council. Our role is to support public sector organisations enabling them to deliver sustainable development. We work with over 30 local authorities across Essex, the East of England and further afield. We support local authorities to protect and enhance the environment, deliver excellent value for money and create better places. Place Services are the leading public sector provider of environmental assessment, planning, design and management services.

Urban&Civic are a leading Master Developer of large scale strategic sites, we strive to be proud of the sustainable communities we are crafting, the quality of place making we are delivering and the challenges that we are overcoming through shared innovation and passion. We believe that doing things right means creating value for our shareholder and for our wider stakeholders. We are committed to keeping our promises, maximising our investment and delivering across an increasing range of sites.

Carrington West is an award-winning recruitment company providing high calibre talent to the UK built environment sector.  Our dedicated national town planning recruitment team service cross-sector clients such as local authorities, private SMEs, multi-discipline consultancies and developers across the UK. We recruit professional town planning experts from graduate level through to executive and director, including development management, planning policy, planning enforcement, building control, regeneration, conservation and urban design. Founded in 2011, we have grown quickly due to the passion, integrity and excellence of our people.

Website: www.carringtonwest.com

Taylor Wimpey UK, part of Taylor Wimpey plc, is a customer-focused homebuilder, committed to delivering new homes within thriving communities, in a safe and environmentally responsible manner and with customers at the heart of its decision making. It operates from 22 regional businesses across the UK. In 2022 Taylor Wimpey delivered 13,773 homes (including joint ventures) and contributed £455 million to local communities via planning obligations. 

We’re facilitators of major development and infrastructure projects.

Our services are provided by our highly skilled teams to navigate even the most complex of projects.

We’ll always strive to deliver the Brookbanks’ difference, innovating and driving every project with the aim of maximising value creation and minimising development costs for our clients’ benefit.

Find out more at www.Brookbanks.com

Paul Basham Associates pride ourselves on providing high quality, expert advice and support on all aspects of Transport Planning, Travel Planning, Civil and Structural Engineering. Our highly skilled and experienced professional team have a wealth of experience of working with both the public and private sectors, from development feasibility through to detailed highway design.  We are committed to delivering end-to-end, outstanding solutions for our clients, using an intelligent and proactive approach.

CALA’s North Home Counties division delivers new homes across Cambridgeshire, Essex and Suffolk, delivering around 330 new homes per year. Our team’s extensive local knowledge, supported by decades of industry expertise thanks to Cala’s national presence, supports our expansion plans across our patch.

Properties range from starter homes to spacious family properties, including much-needed affordable housing. We create vibrant, well-integrated, and sustainable communities with exceptionally designed and built homes, ensuring an outstanding home-buying experience. 

We’re a leading UK property consultancy, at the forefront of two of the most dynamic real estate markets in the UK: the Oxford-Cambridge Arc and the emerging field of Natural Capital. Our 500-strong team manages over £5.2bn in property assets for national and international investors, and serves as a gateway to these highly attractive markets for science and technology corporations and investors across North America, Middle East, Asia Pacific and Europe. Today, we are the largest property consultancy in the Arc region, with one of the largest planning teams in the UK - our work is extraordinarily diverse.

Turley are trusted independent advisors with restless ambition to shape a more sustainable future.

We offer expert advisory services for the built environment and beyond, working collaboratively with our clients to deliver places and communities that thrive.

We combine professional expertise with in-depth market knowledge and deploy our services — Business Cases and Funding, Design, Economics, EIA, Expert Witness, Heritage, Townscape and Landscape, Planning, Strategic Communications, Sustainability and ESG — individually or collectively to meet client needs in the most effective way

Website: https://www.turley.co.uk/

DLP Planning Ltd is part of the DLP Consulting Group, a multi-disciplinary practice encompassing town planning, architecture, masterplanning, environmental and transportation planning. DLP Planning Ltd provides advice to a wide array of clients in the public and private sectors, including government departments and executive boards, local government, national, regional, and local house builders, private companies and financial institutions, landowners, and private estates, as well as individual members of the public, community groups and organisations.

Website: www.dlpconsultants.co.uk

39 Essex Chambers are one of the UK’s top barristers chambers for planning law. “A premier ser for Planning matters”, (Legal 500 2024). Our planning team has 45 members including 12 silks and has continued to be involved in many high profile and high value instructions from experienced international and national clients ranging from, residents, private firms, local authorities, government departments and developers. Our barristers regularly appear in leading cases in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court, as well as undertaking public inquiry, Crown Court and magistrates’ court work.

The Carter Jonas Planning & Development team is proud to support the RTPI Young Planners’ Conference and facilitate attendance for some that might not otherwise be able to attend. We focus on providing comprehensive, commercially astute and results-driven advice, and strive to add value across all service areas: consultancy, Masterplanning and urban design, agency, financial viability, strategic land and regeneration. Our teams are supported by colleagues across the country in the rural, commercial, residential and infrastructure sectors.

www.carterjonas.co.uk

“Energetic and Proactive Planning Advice”

 With over 45 collective years across public and private sector planning experience, in both urban and rural locations, James Bailey Planning Ltd. (JBPL) continues to provide a comprehensive range of bespoke planning services to national house builders and private individuals alike. 

Local intelligence is a key ingredient to good planning, and with our mantra of “Energetic and Proactive Planning Advice”, JBPL continues to build a strong reputation across East Anglia.

Persimmon is one of the UK’s leading 5-star housebuilders, with 29 regional businesses and more than 14,800 homes built last year. We are committed to the highest standards of design, construction and service by delivering excellence always and putting our customers at the heart of all we do. We're proud to be building good quality, sustainable homes, providing career opportunities, supporting jobs in the supply chain, and contributing towards the sustainable development of local communities.

Savills is the largest planning consultancy in the UK, with over 350 members operating from 23 offices across the principal regional markets. We deliver planning solutions that maximise the value of our clients’ property assets, taking into account the planning policy context, technical and environmental factors, local community considerations and overall sustainability. We provide a range of specialist services to ensure the highest standard of advice in all aspects of the planning process.

https://www.savills.co.uk/services/planning.aspx

Axis Land Partnerships is a land promotion and development company. We take on all the work needed to achieve a planning consent whether we are promoting your site long-term through the local plan or preparing a detailed application for submission to the local planning authority. Our expertise is based on a wealth of experience in planning, construction and infrastructure and the flexibility and willingness to explore new ways of working.