Tom Bodley Scott is a chartered surveyor and partner of Batcheller Monkhouse in charge of their Telecom Department since 2002. Previously Tom worked for Strutt and Parker where he set up the firm's National Telecom Group. He has continually been involved in the Telecom sector since 1991, acting solely for landowners. Tom has prepared many professional papers on the telecommunications industry; provided briefings to the Central Associatiion of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV); recently been elected onto the RICS Telecoms Forum Board; and has spoken at various seminars on landlord and tenant issues and valuation principles relating to the Telecoms industry.

Angus Burnett grew up with a strong involvement in agriculture through the family farm in Suffolk. After four years at Seal Hayne Agricultural College studying agriculture and farm management he joined Coopers and Lybrand in Reading. Working within the agriculture and bloodstock team he specialised in farms and rural estates. Angus has been a director at Martin and Company in Winchester for over 12 years and has a particularly strong client base in the rural sector. He advises on all aspects of accountancy and taxation issues relating to rural clients.

Jonathan Cheal is a well-known agricultural property solicitor, based in Somerset, with over 30 years experience of advising farmers and landowners in many parts of England and Wales.  For 23 years he was senior Agriculture partner at Thrings in Bath, but with an extensive practice, and since 2010 has been a partner in the Agriculture Team at Dyne Drewett.  Originally a Legal Adviser at the CLA in London, he has for many years served on the Somerset CLA Committee and is currently the Somerset CLA President. He advises many farming families and businesses, is an experienced agricultural practitioner and a well-known public speaker.  He has a particular interest in cases involving rights of way and public access to land. This can involve advising farmers and landowners about managing access and dealing with new claims on their land, upgrades and modifications, diversions and extinguishments, footpaths, bridleways, restricted byways and byways; also, coastal access and village green claims.

Fenella Collins is the CLA’s Head of Planning based in London. Her role is to research, develop and promote CLA policy across planning issues as it affects rural areas, and designated areas too. She is responsible for developing and maintaining good working relationships with relevant Government officials, evaluating and responding to national consultations relating to the Planning system and rural housing issues, as well as providing advice to CLA members. Fenella’s particular policy challenge is to devise better ways of achieving more rational and flexible planning policies for rural areas to provide for the needs of rural businesses, rural communities and the natural environment. She is a founding member of the Homes and Communities Agency Rural Housing Advisory Group, a founding member of the Rural Coalition and she sits on a variety of Communities and Local Government working groups. Before joining the CLA, she held a position as a Land Agent at Faulkner Chartered Surveyors in Hertfordshire. Prior to this, Fenella worked for IBM for 10 years.

James Cooper has spent his professional life working for Smiths Gore and The National Trust.  He is currently resident agent on the Stansted Park Estate, Rowlands Castle near Petersfield, which is wholly within the South Downs National Park.  Here, he has been engaged on the planning and redeveloping of the Estate within the former AONB, finding a commercial use for many listed buildings, the restoration of the listed landscape and structures in a tight planning regime.  James was a Countryside Agency nominee on the Board of the South Downs Joint Committee (2001-08); he sits on the Chichester Conservation Area Advisory Committee (Chairman 2002-06) and stepped down in September as South East Chairman of the Historic Houses Association after 7 years on the South East Committee. 

Martin Lowry FRICS FAAV (Ret'd) retired last year having worked as a land agent in Winchester for forty-five years. He was Senior Partner of Dreweatt Neate until his retirement from the partnership in 2004 and latterly a Consultant at Dreweatt Neate and Carter Jonas. Martin was a former Chairman of the Countryside Policies Panel of the RICS, a Trustee of the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group, and Board Member of the Hampshire Economic Partnership. He was local Chairman of the Game Fair at Broadlands in 2006, and Regional Chairman for the South East for the Year of Food and Farming in 2007/2008. He has been a Trustee (currently Vice-Chairman) of St Johns Winchester Charity since 1991. The Charity has extensive property interests in Winchester and provides care for the elderly in almshouses and nursing homes in the City.

FEE
The conference fee of £75.00 (including £12.50 VAT) includes coffee both on arrival and mid morning together with a light buffet lunch and tea at the end of the afternoon. All registrations will be acknowledged by e-mail wherever possible. A receipted invoice will be mailed if requested. If you do not receive confirmation please telephone our Cambridge office to ensure we have registered your booking.

CPD
The conference may qualify for up to 5 hours CPD

Pace Projects reserves the right to change the venue and/or the speakers at any time and without prior notice. Pace Projects also reserve the right to cancel the conference, in which case all monies will be refunded in full.