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Upskilling: The Compulsory Purchase Professional Development Programme
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When: Starts Thursday Wednesday 21st October 2026 | Location: In Person & Virtual | Timings: Registration: 12.55, Start: 13.00; Close: 14.00 | |
CPD Hours: 35 Hours CPD in Total (2.5 hours CPD each seminar) | Price: All 13 Modules £1375 | ||
Equipping professionals with essential knowledge and skills in the compulsory purchase sector.
The Mechanics of the Programme:
- 13 modules across 10 months (11 virtual modules) – approximately one session every 3 weeks; held on Mondays starting at 12.00 for 2.5hrs. Sessions will provide additional reading and self-assessments will be offered that can be used to demonstrate acquired knowledge to line managers. In addition organisational systems can be discussed in these 1-2-1 environments. Participants are urged to attend live and actively participate; sessions will be available on demand should work and other commitments arise.
- All sessions work towards an 13th in-person module/workshop comprising case studies and group discussions, led by some of the tutors, followed by a networking session. This workshop will give attendees the opportunity to demonstrate their new skills and further build relationships with peers.
- There is no formal assessment of what is learnt, in a similar way to the provision of CPD events. Candidates should be motivated towards self-learning. Employers and line managers will be the ultimate assessors of the new skills they have achieved. The true value is in the attendee acquiring the knowledge and understanding, becoming more valuable and more dependable to line managers. The reward will manifest in the attendee’s career.
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Programme
Module 1
Strategic Use of Powers, Why and a How Did we get to Here
Wednesday 21 October 2026 l In Person Event, Squire Patton Boggs, London
Registration 10:30 l Start 11:00 l Finish 17:00
Module 2
A Deep Dive into CPOs DCOs and T&WO Procedures; Promoting & Using the Powers
Monday 2 November 2026 l Virtual Event
Registration 11:55 l Start 12:00 l Finish 14:30
Module 3
Land Cost Estimates, Establishing Land Take and Access
Monday 23 November 2026 l Virtual Event
Registration 11:55 l Start 12:00 l Finish 14:30
Module 4
Blight: Statutory, Discretionary and Project Reality
Monday 7 December 2026 l Virtual Event
Registration 11:55 l Start 12:00 l Finish 14:30
Module 5
Exercising Compulsory Purchase Powers: Notices to Treat, GVDs and Taking Possession
Monday 11 January 2027 l Virtual Event
Registration 11:55 l Start 12:00 l Finish 14:30
Module 6
Module Avoiding and Resolving CPO Disputes (through Mediation, ADR and the Courts)
Monday 8 February 2027 l Virtual Event
Registration 11:55 l Start 12:00 l Finish 14:30
Module 7
Compensation: Land Taken Rules 2 and 3
Monday 8 March 2027 l Virtual Event
Registration 11:55 l Start 12:00 l Finish 14:30
Module 8
Compensation: Scheme Rules and Planning Assumptions
Monday 22 March 2027 l Virtual Event
Registration 11:55 l Start 12:00 l Finish 14:30
Module 9
Compensation: Severance and Injurious Affection. Rules 4 and 5
Monday 19 April 2027 l Virtual Event
Registration 11:55 l Start 12:00 l Finish 14:30
Module 10
Disturbance Compensation: Building and Evidencing the Claim
Monday 10 May 2027 l Virtual Event
Registration 11:55 l Start 12:00 l Finish 14:30
Module 11
Disturbance Compensation: Valuation, Business Loss and Resolution
Monday 7 June 2027 l Virtual Event
Registration 11:55 l Start 12:00 l Finish 14:30
Module 12
Compensation Where No Land Acquired
Monday 28 June 2027 l Virtual Event
Registration 11:55 l Start 12:00 l Finish 14:30
Module 13
Joining up the Theory with Practical Cases and Looking at the Bigger Picture
Monday 12 July 2027 l In Person Event, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP, London
Registration 10:30 l Start 11:00 l Finish 17:00
Speakers:
David Holland, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP
Rebecca Clutten, Barrister, Francis Taylor Building
Mark Warnett MRICS FAAV, Director of Compensation, Ardent
Craig Burman, Partner, Schofield Sweeney