Compulsory Purchase in the 21st century:
Working together to promote good practice in the appropriate and effective use of CPOs
Opening address by Mr John Swinney MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth
Chaired by: Professor Jeremy Rowan-Robinson
Wednesday 6 October 2010, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ
9.30am – 4.30pm
Conference aims and objectives
This conference aims to show that sound decision making and best practice can reduce risk and avoid common difficulties. It will also highlight the importance and benefits of early, ongoing and meaningful engagement with those affected by a CPO.
The conference is aimed at property and built environment professionals and administrators who deal with CPOs or may in the future deal with CPOs. The event will be of interest to both experienced CPO practitioners and those with little or no experience of CPOs.
Tea and coffee will be available on arrival and a buffet lunch will be provided.
Booking details
This event is free. We expect demand to be high and we will allocate places on a first come first served basis. However, to ensure a fair allocation of places between organisations we will initially accept no more than four bookings from each organisation.
To book a place at this event email Friday 24 September. Please include your name, telephone number and organisation (if appropriate). Please let us know if you have any special dietary and/or access requirements. Please also tell us whether you would prefer to attend Workshop 1 or Workshop 2 (We’ll make every effort to allocate you a place at your preferred workshop but we can’t guarantee this and may instead allocate a place at another workshop).
Please telephone Ann Niven on 0131 244 7080 if you have any questions.
You can find out more about the Scottish Government’s programme of work to promote good practice in the appropriate and effective use of CPOs at
Event programme
(subject to change)
9.30 – 10.00 registration and refreshments
10.00 – 10.10: Chair’s opening remarks
Professor Jeremy Rowan-Robinson
10.10 – 10.20:The role of CPOs in contributing to sustainable economic growth
Mr John Swinney MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth
10.20 – 10.30: Questions for the Cabinet Secretary
10.30 – 10.55: Why CPO?
Aileen Devanny, North Lanarkshire Council
10.55 – 11.00 Questions and discussion
11.00 – 11.25:From risk aversion to risk awareness:
Jackie McGuire, Brodies LLP
11.25 – 11.30Questions and discussion
11.30 – 11.50 -Tea and coffee
11.50 – 12.15:CPO from the owner’s perspective
Keith Petrie, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
12.15 – 12.20 Questions and discussion
12.20 – 12.50 Sharing CPO experience between local authorities
Chris Skinner, Great Yarmouth Borough Council
12.50 – 1.00:Questions and discussion
1.00 – 1.45Lunch
1.45 – 3.00 workshop session:
Workshop 1: Town centre regeneration CPOs – best practice and case studies
Jonathan Riley, Pinsent Masons LLP and Matthew Bodley, Drivers Jonas Deloitte
OR
Workshop 2: Major infrastructure schemes and multiple owners CPO case studies
Jim Vance, Alasdair Graham, Jo Blewett and Duncan McCallum, Transport Scotland
3.10 – 3.20 plenary workshop feedback sessions
3.00 – 3.10: feedback from workshop 1
Presenter to be agreed at the workshop
3.10 – 3.20: feedback from workshop 2
Presenter to be agreed at the workshop
3.20 – 3.45:The value of early engagement with owners
Archie Rintoul, Valuation Office Agency
3.45 – 3.50 Questions and discussion
3.50 – 4.25:Compulsory purchase in partnership with a private developer
Alison Fraser and Pauline Bradshaw, Glasgow City Council
4.25 – 4.30 Questions and discussion
4.30:Chair’s summary andclose
Chair
Jeremy Rowan-Robinsonis Emeritus Professor of Planning and Environmental Law at AberdeenUniversity He was the Scottish representative on the Compulsory Purchase Policy Review Advisory Group and is a member of the Scottish Government’s Compulsory Purchase Advisory Group.Jeremy isco-author of 'Compulsory Purchase and Compensation: The Law In Scotland' (3rd edn.)
Speakers
John Swinney MSP joined the Scottish National Party in 1979 and went on to graduate from EdinburghUniversity with an MA (Hons) in Politics. He has worked for the Scottish Coal Project, Development Options and Scottish Amicable.Prior to his election as Westminster MP for North Tayside in 1997, he held a number of posts in the SNP at local and national level. In 1999, he became the MSP for Tayside North, remaining as the constituency's MP until standing down from Westminster at the 2001 General Election.Having served as the SNP's Deputy Leader since 1998 he became Leader in 2000. After relinquishing his post in 2004, Mr Swinney became Convener of the Scottish Parliament's European and External Relations Committee.He was re-elected as an MSP at the 2007 Scottish Parliament election and appointed Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth.John has two children and is married to Elizabeth Quigley. He lives near Blairgowrie in his constituency and his hobbies include cycling and hill walking.
Aileen Devannyis a solicitor specialising in property work. She presently works part time for North Lanarkshire Council as Principal Solicitor with responsibility for Projects and Compulsory Purchase Work and has been involved in delivering a number of regeneration projects involving CPOs over the last 15 years. She is an accredited mediator and is President of the Private Rented Housing Panel.
Jackie McGuire is the Director of the Public Sector Services Group with Brodies LLP. As Head of Legal Services with Clackmannanshire Council she promoted numerous CPOs and led the team that delivered the Stirling Alloa Kincardine Rail Project which included the promotion of the first works bill to be enacted by the Scottish Parliament. Jackie is currently advising a number of clients in connection with the proposed Replacement Forth Crossing.
Keith Petrie commenced his professional career in 1976 in the Glasgow District Valuer’s Office (now the Valuation Office Agency). In 1982 he joined F.G. Burnett, Chartered Surveyors, Aberdeen becoming Partner in 1990 and Consultant in 2003. He regularly acts on behalf of claimants whose residential, commercial or agricultural properties are affected by the threat of compulsory purchase. This includes advising on lodging of objections, appearance at public inquiries, discussions on Accommodation Works and the assessment and negotiation of compensation claims. Keith is Senior Vice-Chair of RICS Scotland, Vice-Chair of RICS Scotland Compulsory Purchase and Compensation Forum and represents RICS Scotland as a member of the Scottish Government’s Compulsory Purchase Advisory Group.
Chris Skinner qualified as a solicitor in 1983 and has over 30 years local government experience. Chris heads Great Yarmouth Council’s CPO Consultancy Service, which undertakes compulsory purchase orders for local authorities in England and Wales. The Service has acted for more than 30 councils over the past few years, ranging from London Boroughs to small rural Districts. The projects undertaken include: bringing empty homes back into use; a town centre redevelopment scheme; provision of traveller sites; site assembly for private sector developments; and regeneration projects. Chris regularly lectures to local authority officers on the practical use of CPOs.
Jonathan Rileyis a partner at Pinsent Masons. His recent CPO workload includes advising Leeds City Council onthe acquisition of land for2.5m sq ft of new retail floor space in schemes promoted by Hammerson and Land Securities. He has just finished a public inquiry into the CPO for a new £750m hospital in the West Midlands and previously led on the CPO for the new UCLHHospital in London. His Lands Tribunal experience includesKwik Save v Stockton on Tees andCastle House Investments v Bradford: in both cases successfully defending claims by landowners within the scheme. Jonathan has acted for objectors too, notably for Ballymore on a 3 week inquiry appearance into the Midland Metro extension in Birmingham and for the University of Liverpool on a successful objection to amajorroad scheme inthe city. He is currently advisingWetherbyracecourse on compensation issues relating to the reconfiguration of their track necessitated by the A1(M) improvements.
Matthew Bodleyleads the Compulsory Purchase and Compensation Team at Drivers Jonas Deloitte. He has specialised in this type of work since 1995 and is experienced in all aspects of the process which includes assessing and negotiating compensation settlements as well as providing general and strategic advice on the whole compulsory purchase procedure from scheme inception through to possession. Matthew has worked on projects of national significance including the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Crossrail as well as a number of town and city centre development and regeneration schemes. He was the principal author of the public information "Compulsory Purchase and Compensation - Claimant's Guidance Booklets" published by the Department for Transport Local Government and the Regions in 2001.
Jim Vance is Head of Design and Development for the Major Transport Infrastructure Projects directorate in Transport Scotland. He is a Chartered Civil Engineer and has over 30 years experience in the management and promotion of trunk road projects including use of CPO in statutory procedures and appearance at Public Local Inquiries. His remit includes managing Transport Scotland’s design teams engaged in the promotion through statutory procedures of the major trunk road projects being promoted by the Agency, excluding the Forth Replacement Crossing. Jim is a member of the Scottish Government’s Compulsory Purchase Advisory Group.
Dr Jo Blewett is Head of Design Team 2 within the Major Transport Infrastructure Projects directorate in Transport Scotland. She is a Chartered Civil Engineer and holds a PhD in Geotechnical Engineering. She has 16 years experience in Research, Consultancy, and Central Government. Jo is responsible for the design stage,including Public Local Inquiries, of trunk road projects and studies in various parts of Scotlandsuch as the M8 Baillieston to Newhouse and associated projects, and projects on the A9 and A96.
Alasdair Grahamis Head of Design Team 3 within Transport Scotland’s Major Transport Infrastructure Projects Directorate. He is a Chartered Civil Engineer and has over 14 years experience in the design and promotion of road schemes including the use of Compulsory Purchase Orders to secure land required to construct and operate trunk road projects. Since 2007 Alasdair has been Transport Scotland’s Project Manager on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route and in 2008 he led the evidence at the Public Local Inquiry into the project.
Duncan McCallum is a Chartered Civil Engineer with extensive experience at both Local and National Government level. His recent experience includes promoting CPOs as part of the delivery of major trunk road projects, notably the A90 Balmedie to Tipperty and schemes in the Scottish Border area. As Head of Design Team 1 in Transport Scotland he has had to defend CPOs at Public Local Inquiries.
Archie Rintoul has dealt with compensation andcompulsory purchase work for most of his 35years as a Chartered Surveyor, having begun his professional career acquiring properties in Glasgow’s comprehensive development areas. Archie currently combines his role as Chief Valuer Scotland with leading the District Valuer Services (DVS)’s Transport and Infrastructure Team in Scotland, which is currently involved in acquiring properties for every major infrastructure scheme in the country. Archie represents the Valuation Office Agency as a member of the Scottish Government’s Compulsory Purchase Advisory Group
Alison Fraser and Pauline Bradshaware in-house solicitorsat Glasgow City Council and compositely haveresponsibility for thedelivery of the in-house legal service for the property transactions generated by Glasgow City Council and the other organisations within the Council 'family', not least of which is City Property (Glasgow)LLP.Alison and Paulineare part of, andmanage,a team of thirteen propertysolicitors.Since 1997 Alison's work has been almost exclusively incommercial property in both the private sector and, since 2003, in the public sector, at Glasgow City Council.Pauline has worked in local government since 1990, moving to Glasgow City Council in 2008. Prior to that she worked at South Lanarkshire Council where she was involved in the property aspects of regeneration projects including the promotion of planning and roads CPOs.
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