Name
Panel Discussion: Clarity or Confusion? Aligning Local and National Plans
Date & Time
Wednesday, November 26, 2025, 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Speakers
Rosie Pearson, Chairman, Community Planning Alliance
Lawrence Slade, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Networks Association
David Watson, Principal, BFY Group
Julian Leslie, Strategic Energy Planning Director and Chief Engineer, NESO
Rosie Pearson Lawrence Slade David Watson Julian Leslie
Description

 

  • To what extent is price cap volatility impacting risk management strategies on long-term business models? 

  • To what extent should policymakers incentivise for anticipatory investment in RIIO-4 in industrial decarbonisation, housing growth and clean heat zones? 

  • How will RESP bring together DNOs, council, developers and communities to achieve local development and environmental goals?  

  • How can we communicate planning on a local level and deliver meaningful local community impacts through LAEPs?  

  • How can we translate net zero targets to a local level?