Rise and Fall: Who is Really to Blame for the UK’s Housing Delivery Problem?
Housing delivery is under pressure.
That’s not controversial.
What is controversial and still largely unanswered: who is actually responsible?
Is it planning?
Land value expectations?
Viability?
Or is an industry still working to assumptions that no longer hold up?
At UKREiiF 2026, LRG and Boyer is bringing together a panel of industry heavyweights to take on one of the most uncomfortable and often avoided debates in the sector.
Because despite years of policy change, reform and ambition… delivery is still falling short.
And the usual expectations aren’t cutting it anymore.
Don’t Expect Agreement
This won’t be a panel built on consensus.
It brings together voices from across planning, development, land and policy, each with a different perspective, and likely a different answer.
Which is exactly the point.
Because if the industry is serious about solving the delivery challenge, it needs to move beyond safe conversations and into the uncomfortable ones.
Meet the Panel
This session brings together a range of perspectives from across the industry:
Co-Hosts
- Ian Barnett, Group Land and Development Director, LRG
- Grant Leggett, Executive Director, Boyer
- Rebecca Philipps, Chief Planning Inspector - PINS
- Jan Bessell FRTPI, President, Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)
- Lord Charlie Banner KC, Barrister (Kings Counsel), Keating Chambers
- Paul Brocklehurst, Chairman, Land, Planning and Development Federation (LDPF)
- Dawn Wylie, Group Land Director, Taylor Wimpey
- Martin Scholar – Head of Planning, BDW
Join us at UKREiiF 2026 to be part of the conversation: https://ukreiif.lrg.co.uk/