Terra Firma Chambers will once again sponsor the Scottish Planning and Environmental Law (SPEL) Annual Conference which will be held on Thursday 17 September 2015 at the COSLA Conference Centre, Verity House, 19 Haymarket Yards, Edinburgh.

The SPEL Conference is widely regarded as the leading planning and environmental law event in Scotland, attracting highly experienced practitioners and an audience which typically comprises senior figures in local government and private practice. The Conference takes a more critical look at the operation of the planning system and the speakers, audience and topics make for stimulating discussion and debate.

This year’s Conference will centre on the changing landscape of planning, looking at significant developments over the past year and their impact on the Scottish planning system.   The conference will be chaired by Terra Firma's Gordon Steele QC with fellow Terra Firma members Maurice O’Carroll and Alasdair Sutherland presenting a Planning Law Update and Planning Law Case Roundup.  Other highlights include:-

·   Our Energy Future With or Without Unconventional Gas

·   Community Planning and Spatial Planning - How it works

·   Planning in the Next Parliament - Priorities & Gamechangers

·   Continuous Improvement - A Reflection on Planning Modernisation Objectives

·   Delivering Land for New Homes - Priority Actions

For further information, or to book your place at this event, please contact Christine Eccleson on 0141 574 1905 or email christine.eccleson@idoxgroup.com