‘New Tricks for Old Bricks’ – BPF/Historic England Annual Policy Seminar 2023

Join the British Property Federation and Historic England for our annual policy seminar looking at the challenges and opportunities of retrofitting our historic building stock.

During the seminar, we will hear from senior representatives from Historic England on how they intend to seek better and more consistent planning decisions by giving clarity on balancing climate action with heritage conservation and from BPF members on the retrofitting strategies being pursued within their portfolios.

We are delighted that the seminar will be taking place in-person this year at CMS London. The schedule for the evening is listed below - 

5.30pm    Arrival and tea/coffee

6pm         Welcome Ashley Damiral, Partner, CMS

6.05pm    Opening remarks from Duncan Wilson CBE, Chief Executive, Historic England

6.10pm    Speaker 1: Ian Morrison OBE, Director of Policy & Evidence, Historic England

6.25pm    Speaker 2: Andy Haigh, Director of Climate Positive Solutions, Grosvenor

6.40pm    Panel discussion

• Melanie Leech CBE (Chair), Chief Executive, British Property Federation
• Ian Morrison OBE, Director of Policy and Evidence, Historic England
• Andy Haigh, Director of Climate Positive Solutions, Grosvenor
• Liz Smith, Chairperson & Regional Partner, Purcell
• Josh Risso-Gill, Partner, CMS

7.15pm    Drinks reception and networking

8.30pm    Close

We hope to see many of you there!