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17th - 19th September 2010, New College Oxford


2010 Programme

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FRIDAY 17 SEPTEMBER

16.30 - 19.00 Arrival and registration
16.30 - 18.00 Tea - JCR, New College
19.00 Reception - Cloisters, New College
20.00 Dinner in Hall, New College (Dinner Jacket)
21.45 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
  (1) Speaker: Baroness Andrews OBE
Chairman: Kelvin MacDonald

SATURDAY 18 SEPTEMBER

08.00 - 09.00 Breakfast in Hall, New College
09.15 - 09.20 CHAIRMAN’S INTRODUCTION: Kelvin MacDonald
09.20 - 09.55 (2) Infrastructure Planning Commission - where to now?
Speaker: Sir Michael Pitt
Chairman: Michael Humphries QC
09.55 - 10.15 Questions and Discussion
10.15 - 10.50 (3) Development in Historic Contexts: Establishing Objective Criteria for Visual Assessments.
Speaker: Richard Coleman
Chairman: Keith Lindblom QC
10.50 - 11.10 Questions and Discussion
11.10 - 11.35 Coffee
11.35 - 12.10 (4) The relationship between planning permission and non-planning consents - unfinished business?
Speaker: Adrian Penfold
Chairman: Mike Hayes
12.10 - 12.30 Questions and Discussion
12.30 Lunch
13.30 - 15.05 (5)

Debate - "This House believes that the public does not have enough say in the present planning system"

Introduction by Chairman Greg Jones
13.30 - 13.40

Proposer Richard Buxton
13.40 - 13.50

Opposer David Elvin QC
13.50 - 14.00

Seconding the Motion Leonora Rozee
14.00 - 14.05

Seconding the opposition Andrew Warner
14.05 - 14.10

Debate from the floor
14.10 - 14.50

Opposition summary David Elvin QC
14.50 - 14.55

Proposer’s summary Richard Buxton
14.55 - 15.00

Vote
15.00 - 15.05
15.05 Tea

REST OF AFTERNOON FREE

15.15 Saturday Afternoon Tour to the Ashmolean
Numbers limited/pre-booking necessary
18.30 - 19.30 Sweet & Maxwell Champagne Reception - Gardens or Founder’s Library, New College
19.30 Dinner in Hall, New College (Dinner Jacket)
  (6) GUEST SPEAKER: Chris Shepley CBE
Chairman: Tim Corner QC

SUNDAY 19 SEPTEMBER

08.00 Church Service, New College Chapel
08.00 - 09.15 Breakfast in Hall, New College
09.30 - 09.40 CHAIRMAN’S INTRODUCTION: Kelvin MacDonald
09.40 - 10.15 (7) New delivery models: D x V x F > R? New models for development in an age of austerity.
Speaker: Sarah Whitney
Chairman: Rory Joyce
10.15 - 10.35 Questions and Discussion
10.35 - 11.10 (8) Legal Update
Speaker: Paul Brown QC
Chairman: Rupert Warren
11.00 - 11.30 Questions and Discussion
11.30 Conference Close

END OF CONFERENCE