06/10/2026
Birmingham ICC : Onward Marquee
Building on Solid Ground: Land use, planning reform, and the future of housing delivery
Paul Burton (Hallam Land , Executive Director)
Myles Wild-Smith (Lichfields, Planning Director, Birmingham)
Chaired by Sir Simon Clarke (Onward, Director)
Alys Denby (City A.M., Opinion and Features Editor)
England's housing crisis is one of confidence, not just numbers. Permissions are granted but homes are not delivered quickly, many brownfield sites sit idle, and squeezed housebuilders pull back from unviable schemes. This event brings together planning, development and policy voices to ask what it takes to unlock land, deliver homes at scale, and build lasting policy stability.
