Annual Planning 2026

The No5 Planning and Environment Group invites you to join them for their 2026 Annual Planning Seminar taking place on Monday, 23rd March, at Eastside Rooms, Birmingham.

The day will cover trending topics within the planning industry, including Addressing Climate Control, Plan-making and providing case law updates

Programme

09:00am – 09:45am Registration and Breakfast

09:45am – 10:00am Welcome Hugh Richards and Thea Osmund-Smith

10:00am – 10:20am Addressing Climate Change: Renewable energy & storage: Energy efficiency Thea Osmund-Smith and Laura Hildt

10:20am – 10:40am Addressing Climate Change: Flood risk, drainage, nutrients Jessica Allen

10:40am – 11:00am Housing update: Lessons learnt from appealsChristopher Young KC and Leanne Buckley-Thomson

11:00am – 11:10 am Q&A

11:10am – 11:30am Refreshment Break

11:30am – 12:00pm Case law update Christian Hawley and Gordon Wignall

12:00pm – 12:20pm Green Belt / Grey Belt James Corbet Burcher and Chatura Saravanan

12:20pm – 12:40pm Heritage issues: Lessons learnt from appeals Jack Smyth and Tobin Byers

12:40pm – 1:00pm Nature & Green infrastructure: Achieving peaceful coexistence with development Sioned Davies and Anna Stein

1:00pm – 2:30pm Lunch

2:30pm – 3:30pm Plan-making: The SDS Hugh Richards, Howard Leithead and Guest

3:30pm – 3:50pm Plan-making: Local Plans in the SDS world Peter Goatley KC and Daniel Henderson

3:50pm – 4:00pm Q&A

4:00pm onwards Networking Drinks