The National Retail Planning Forum
Local Government Association

Retail Planning - A Review

Midland Hotel, Manchester
22nd May 2008- (10.00am - 4.00pm)

 

Click on the titles of underlined presentations to view them [pdf files - some are large]

09.30 Registration
   
10.00 Introduction – Chris Brearley CB, DL, Chairman, NRPF
   
10.05 Andrew Smith, Deputy Managing Director, Goodman UK – What do the facts tell us – part 2
   
10.50 Professor Cliff Guy, Cardiff University, School of Regional
Studies: Do Planners have the tools for the job?
   
11.30 Coffee
   
11.45 Mario Wolf, Planning Directorate, DCLG, PPS6 & Beyond
   
12.15 Discussion
   
13.00

Lunch

   
14.00 Miles Davis, NRPF/University College London: Developing
the retail planners knowledge base: 30 years of Town
Centre Change.
   
14.30 John Burton, Development Director, Westfield, The UK in a Global context.
   
15.00 Panel Discussion with: Andrew Smith, Goodman UK; Professor Cliff Guy, Cardiff University; Simon Birnbaum, Tesco; Bill Boler, USM; John Burton, Westfield; Adrian Swift, Blackburn with Darwen BC
   
15.45 A review of the Day
   
16.00 Closing remarks & Drinks