Core CPD Framework:
- Planning Law and Process
- 5 CPD Hours
Join us for our popular annual Planning Law Update, co-hosted with CMS Law and Kings Chambers. This valuable session brings you face-to-face with expert barristers who will guide you through the latest developments shaping planning practice today.
What to expect:
We'll explore recent planning legislation and proposed changes, national policy updates, and significant appeals and legal challenges. You'll have plenty of opportunity to ask questions and connect directly with our knowledgeable speakers.
The session delivers a clear overview of national planning legislative changes and their practical implications, alongside a focused examination of recent appeal and High Court decisions that matter to your practice. We'll also dive into the most relevant planning issues of the moment.
What you'll gain:
- Stay current with the latest legislative developments, including expected reforms, the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, and national policy revisions
- Get valuable insights into important recent case law
- Share your questions and join meaningful discussions with peers and experts
Book your place today and take a positive step toward strengthening your planning expertise!
Full Programme to be confirmed soon.
Accessibility
- Getting to Horizon Leeds is easy - just a short 7-minute walk from Leeds train station.
- Need details on accessible parking or facilities? You'll find everything you need on the venue's website.
We're committed to making every event inclusive so everyone can fully participate. Our team will reach out to you after booking to understand your specific needs.
Hosts
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Speakers
Rebecca Roffe
Partner, CMS
Rebecca Roffe
Partner, CMS
Rebecca is a Partner in CMS’ Planning Group, based in Sheffield. She has over 10 years of experience in all planning and environmental matters, dealing with contentious and non-contentious issues for investors, developers, consenting authorities, contractors and operators, particularly in the energy and climate change, real estate and infrastructure sectors. She has particular expertise in land assembly and CPO, environmental impact and habitats assessment, DCO applications, planning/highways agreements, enforcement and inquiry work, energy and sustainability regulation and contaminated land
Roisin Laycock
Senior Associate
Roisin Laycock
Senior Associate
Roisin is a Senior Associate in the Planning Team at CMS, with experience advising on both planning and environmental matters affecting complex development sites, including advising clients in respect of claims for judicial review, planning appeals, and advising on discreet areas of planning and environmental law including permits and licences and negotiating planning, highways and environmental agreements.
Constanze Bell
Barrister, Kings Chambers
Constanze Bell
Barrister, Kings Chambers
Constanze has a varied public law, planning and environmental law practice. Constanze practices in all areas of town and country planning law, including the specialist areas of compulsory purchase and highways. Her clients include developers, local planning authorities and local action groups. She regularly appears in inquiries as an advocate and is instructed to both bring and defend statutory challenges in the High Court. She has a busy advisory practice and regularly assists with complex enforcement cases, submissions for local plan consultations and advice regarding prospects of success on appeal. Particular areas of expertise include: the implementation of planning permissions; interpreting planning permissions and amending planning permissions.
Stephanie Hall
Barrister at Kings Chambers
Stephanie Hall
Barrister at Kings Chambers
Stephanie has a busy practice in planning and local government which includes all areas of planning work from court challenges and inquiries to prosecutions. She acts for a variety of public and private sector clients and is qualified to accept instructions via public access.
Stephanie is consistently ranked as one of the top planning juniors nationally. Chambers and Partners describes her as “a rising star of the Planning Bar” and Legal 500 states that she is “a superb barrister, highly intelligent and quick to grasp the issues, an excellent advocate, tenacious and thorough”.
Elana Kaymer
Barrister at Kings Chambers
Elana Kaymer
Barrister at Kings Chambers
Elana Kaymer practises across all areas of administrative and public law, with a particular focus on planning, highways, licensing and local government.
Her clients include local authorities and developers at all stages of the planning process. She has advised on and appeared in public inquiries, judicial review proceedings, appeals and enforcement actions including local authority prosecutions and injunctions involving the gypsy and traveller communities.
Elana successfully completed a specialist planning and public law pupillage at Kings under the supervision of John Hunter and Philip Robson. Prior to joining Chambers, Elana worked at LexisNexis where she tracked legal developments in areas including energy and environmental law and as a paralegal for a specialist immigration law chambers, with work often involving human rights matters.
