Places and Spaces webinar: Mind the gap

This event is a key part of our Places and Spaces series, which explores the legal challenges and emerging opportunities shaping today’s real estate landscape.

Recent changes to the National Planning Policy Framework signal a clear pro-growth direction, including a stronger presumption in favour of residential development close to railway stations and other well-connected transport hubs. But while the policy intent is clear, the reality on the ground is far more nuanced.

In our next Places and Spaces webinar, Mind the Gap, we will explore what the NPPF actually says about development on land near transport hubs, where this policy applies in practice, and what is required in order to unlock development on sites outside of the settlement boundaries and also within the Green Belt for land near to railway stations.

Event details

Date: Friday 13 February 2026

Time: 10 – 11am

Venue: Online via Zoom

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What we will cover

James, Rebecca and Andy Black will talk through:

• Pro-growth planning reforms and the focus on land near transport hubs
• What the NPPF really requires
• Why policy support does not equal permission
• The technical details that influence outcomes

We are delighted to be joined by James Bevis from i-Transport for this webinar.

This webinar will be of interest to developers, landowners, investors and public-sector stakeholders navigating brownfield land, connectivity-led development and the realities of planning policy in practice.

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