Date: Tuesday 3 December 2024

Time: 4:30 – 5:30 pm

Venue: Online, only

Open to: Members and Non-Members

Infrastructure schemes are essential to meet our national needs, but can face significant local opposition from host communities often left wondering why they should bear all of the impact and receive none of the benefit. Previous attempts to enshrine delivery of community benefits through the planning process have met with limited success, so what should government do next?

Join us at our next NIPA Matters event to hear from our panel of experts who have helped to secure major local benefits for their communities as well as those wrestling with how to deliver community benefit funds that can create a lasting legacy for future generations.

Panel:

• Andy Hunt, Senior Director at Quod (Panel Chair)
• Claire Pearce, Real Growth Limited
• Jim Claydon, University of the West of England and Terence O’Rourke
• Emma Bennett, Head of Socioeconomic and Community Benefit, National Grid