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CPA Scotland Law Reform Conference:
In Association with Ardent
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Start Date: Wednesday 25 November 2026 | Location: In Person & Virtual | Price: Complimentary for All |
Timings: Registration from: 09.30. Virtual Registration Time: 9.55. Event starts at: 10.00. Event finishes at: 16.00. | ||
CPD Hours: 4.30 Hours CPD | This event is followed by a drinks reception. | |
The effective use of CPO powers can play an important role in facilitating sustainable economic growth, revitalising communities and achieving net zero. The Scottish Government has confirmed that it will move forward with proposed measures to reform and modernise Scotland’s compulsory purchase system, with a view to implementing the changes in this Parliament. This is a significant moment for compulsory purchase and the delivery of the wide variety of projects it helps achieve, from major infrastructure and regeneration schemes, through to the refurbishment of individual empty homes and derelict properties.
Opening with a Ministerial keynote by the Minister for Public Finance of Scotland, Hannah Mary Goodlad MSP, this conference brings together policymakers, acquiring authorities, infrastructure and housing promoters, regeneration specialists, professional advisers and representatives of affected owners, occupiers, businesses and communities to consider what can be achieved for Scotland through effective reform, and what needs to be done to ensure it achieves a CPO system that is “simpler, more streamlined and fairer for all”.
This event is organised by CPT on behalf of The CPA Scotland, non-members are invited to attend.
The CPA Scotland are pleased to announce the following event sponsors:
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Speakers Confirmed to Date:
- Hannah Mary Goodlad MSP, Minister for Public Finance of Scotland
- Alasdair Sutherland, Head of Planning & Environment, Burness Paull LLP; Chair of The CPA Scotland
- Tom Winter, Head of Development Management & Compulsory Purchase Policy, Scottish Government
- Iulia Toch, Solicitor, Glasgow City Council
- Merle Boyd BLE MRICS, Director, Terramagna Ltd
- Dougie Bowers, Partner, Carter Jonas
Programme:
- Welcome from the Conference Chair
- Introductory remarks from Headline Sponsor
- The Way Forward: Government’s Commitment and Delivery Plan
- Major Infrastructure - Speed, Certainty and Responsible Delivery
- Unlocking Homes, Regeneration and Difficult Land
- What Can we Learn from Successful CPO in England
- Fairness, Rights and Lived Impact
- Five Asks of Reform Five Propositions Collected During the Day