CPO Talking Heads September 2025

The Code of Practice for Securing the Rights Over Land for Electricity Infrastructure

This event runs as an informal discussion with a small panel of leading and informed practitioners extracting the nuances from this months topic "The Code of Practice for Securing the Rights Over Land for Electricity Infrastructure". It will discuss practical issues that arise, with participants in the meeting being encouraged to listen, join in, ask questions and share comments.

The CPA have partnered with CPT Events to bring you CPO Talking Heads.

Start Date	Venue	Price
3 September 2025	Virtual Monthly Discussion	£55	BOOK

Note: All prices are to be paid in GBP and are subject to VAT at the prevailing rate

Event duration: Afternoon Event (1 hours CPD).
Registration from: 12.55. Event starts at: 13.00. Event finishes at: 14.00.

Booking Note for CPA Members: The CPA discount code needs to be added during the booking process, followed by selecting 'invoice' to complete your booking.

There has, for some time, been a drive towards reaching Net Zero, which includes reducing or eliminating fossil fuels. A significant part of this goal relies on transitioning to renewable and sustainable sources of energy generation, with the electricity grid needing reinforcement and being expanded with new transmission and distribution infrastructure.

Whilst work has already commenced, there is much more that needs to be done existing lines and cables potentially need to be upgraded to increase capacity and new lines and cables need to be installed. Meanwhile substations, transformers and other infrastructure need upgrading. All this work will require access to land and property rights.

The Code of Practice is aimed at professionals who advise on land rights for electricity infrastructure, as well as electricity license holders and is to be considered as best practice.

Speakers

Henry Church MRICS, Senior Director, CBRE
David Holland, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP; Immediate Past Chair of the CPA
Rebecca Collins MSc MRICS FAAV, Technical and Policy Advisor, CAAV
James North RICS, Director, North & Letherby Ltd
Mhairi Robertson MRICS, Associate Director- Regional Lead Scotland Major Projects, Savills
Nick Oliver, Consents Manager, Northern Powergrid

Programme

This is a must attend talking heads for anyone involved in land rights for electricity infrastructure, whether these are to be acquired through negotiation, in the shadow of statutory powers or otherwise. The event will cover:

The purpose of the Code of Practice
It’s status for regulated individuals or firms
Contents of the Code of Practice, including resolving issues where non-compliance with the code exists
Discussion on the future of the Code of Practice and how it may evolve