The Rules are Changing. Are You Ready?

Get ahead of the government’s drive for a more development-friendly planning system


The UK faces an urgent national challenge: delivering sustainable housing, regenerating our towns, and building infrastructure while balancing economic, social, and environmental pressures. 

Join Planning, DCP, and Compass at The Planning Summit, where leaders in planning and placemaking bring together senior public and private sector figures to debate national policy, share best practice, and find solutions to the built environment's biggest challenges.

You can either be in the room when the rules are explained, or spend the next year reacting to them.

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CPD Certified: The Planning Summit



The delegate CPD certificate (DCS) facility is a service available to all CPD member organisations, and assists in the administration of providing CPD certificates to attendees of your training and events.

Each person who attends the event will recieve a form post-event and receive 8 CPD point. 

Then the CPD Certification Service will contact delegates directly once processed.

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KEY INFORMATION


KEY DATES

Second phase ticket deadline: 3 April

Planning Summit: 4 June 2026

Location: IET London: Savoy Place


KEY PRICES

PUBLIC SECTOR

Second phase ticket price: £550 + VAT

Final phase ticket price: £650 + VAT

PRIVATE SECTOR

Second phase ticket price: £650 + VAT

Final phase ticket price: £750 + VAT

KEY THEMES


The government’s pro-growth planning agenda -  How government will drive its reform programme through LPAs and the private sector  and how to make sure the reforms work in practice 

Strategic planning - How to develop spatial development strategies amid local government re-organisation

Planning in a world of AI- how to deliver genuine community consultation when AI is being used to generate thousands of semi/fake objections

NDMPs and decision-making - How can LPAs and applicants take advantage of NDMPs to make better decisions more quickly (discuss brownfield passports, train station development etc)

Viability and amending consents - achieving deliverable consents with appropriate contributions for local infrastructure and affordable housing, making changes in the light of Hillside (panel)

Planning for nature - Where next for applicants and authorities in preparing for Environmental Delivery Plans and the Nature Restoration Levy

Improving local authority performance - How to speed up decision-making and make a national scheme of delegation work

Town planning for economic growth - Solving utilities and infrastructure issues and how to tackle post consent hold-ups such as sewage and energy connectivity

Why should YOU attend The Planning Summit?


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CASE STUDY PANELS

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STRATEGICAL INSIGHTS 


PRACTICAL ADVICE


LEGISLATION REVIEW


THE FUTURE OUTLOOK

A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR 


"Our annual Planning Summit will give you - in one day - a comprehensive overview of the practical steps your organisation can take to get ahead of the government’s planning agenda. Our speakers include government policymakers, senior decision-makers and the local authority chiefs and developers at the frontline of implementing and navigating the system. Join us in central London on 4 June"

Richard Garlic

Editor 

Planning

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