Networking is a key part of our membership offering, and members benefit from access to a wide range of events throughout the year
Events range from seminars, conferences, drink networking opportunities and CPD speaker events
Forthcoming Events
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Thursday 27th November 2025
LPDF Annual Conference 2025
Joins us for our Annual Christmas Conference and Drinks Event
Wednesday 3rd December 2025
Northern Christmas Drinks
2025
Joins us for our Northern Christmas drinks event
Thursday 26th March 2026
LPDF Annual Lunch & After Party 2026
Join us at our 2026 annual lunch for an afternoon of drinking, eating and networking.
Past Events
Thursday 11th September 2025
LPDF Summer Networking Party 2025
Savage Garden Rooftop Bar, Doubletree by Hilton, London, EC3N 4AF
Thursday 19th June 2025
Building The Future
Ashfords LLP, Ashford House, Grenadier Road, Exeter, EX1 3LH
Thursday 15th May 2025
Don't look back in anger - CPD Event
Stantec, 100 Barbirolli Square, Manchester M2 3PW
Monday 31st March 2025
Will Grey Belt Help Deliver 1.5m homes?
Stantec, 7 Soho Square (4th floor), London W1D 3QB
Thursday 27th March 2025
LPDF Annual Lunch & After Party 2025
The Brewery, 52 Chiswell Street, London, EC1Y 4SD
Thursday 6th March 2025
International Women's Day Breakfast Event
Landmark Chambers, 180 Fleet St, City of London, London EC4A 2HG
Monday 10th February 2025
Webinar - A Devolution Revolution in Spatial Planning?
View recording of the event here
Tuesday 14th January 2025
The New NPPF
Lincoln's Inn, London, WC2A 3TL
Thursday 5th December 2024
Northern Christmas Drinks 2024
The Fitzgerald, 11 Stevenson Square, Manchester M1 1DB
Tuesday 26th November 2024
LPDF Annual Conference 2024
30 Euston Square, London, NW1 2FB
Wednesday 16th October 2024
Social Darts Event
Flight Club Bloomsbury, 55 New Oxford Street, London, WC1A 1BS
Thursday 12th September 2024
Summer Party 2024
Wagtail Rooftop Bar and Restaurant, 68 King William Street, London, EC4N 7HR
Thursday 13th June 2024
How To Kill Your Options
Knights, 5th Floor, 2 Chamberlain Square, Birmingham B3 3AX
Thursday 16th May 2024
Northern CPD Event and Drinks
The Bonded Warehouse, 18 Lower Byrom St, Manchester M3 4AP
Tuesday 16th April 2024
The Affordable Housing Conundrum
BMA House, British Medical Association, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9JP
Thursday 21st March 2024
Annual Lunch & After Party 2024
The Brewery, 52 Chiswell Street, London, EC1Y 4SD
Wednesday 31st January 2024
Delivering Sustainable Housing
Shoosmiths Birmingham, 20th Floor, 103 Colmore Row, Birmingham, B3 3AG
Thursday 7th December 2023
Northern Christmas Drinks
Albert Schloss, 27 Peter St, Manchester M2 5QR
Thursday 30th November 2023
Conference & Christmas Drinks
RIBA - Royal Institute of British Architects, 66 Portland Place, London W1B 1AD
Thursday 14th September 2023
Summer Party 2023
Madison Restaurant, Rooftop Terrace, One New Change, St Paul’s, London, EC4M 9AF
Tuesday 20th June 2023
Design Coding in Action
Urban and Civic, Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon PE28 4AX
Thursday 25th May 2023
Summer Drinks and CPD Event
The Ivy Spinningfields Manchester, The Pavilion, Manchester M3 3HG
Tuesday 7th March 2023
Communications & Engagement Symposium
Catesby Estates, The Barn, Papple Close, Houlton, Rugby CV23 1EW
Thursday 9th February 2023
LPDF Annual Lunch and After Party
8 Northumberland Avenue, London, WC2N 5BY
Wednesday 23rd November 2022
LPDF Policy Conference 2022
Location: RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London
Thursday 30th June 2022
LPDF Summer Party 2022
Location: Savage Garden Rooftop Bar, London
Thursday 31st March 2022
Parliamentary Reception in Conjunction with Planning Futures
Location: House of Lords, London
Monday 7th February 2022
Breakfast and Biodiversity Seminar in Partnership with Bidwells
Location: Hyatt, Birmingham
Thursday 20th January 2022
Afternoon with the Planning Inspectorate
Location: The Hyatt Regency, Birmingham
Wednesday 8th December 2021
LPDF Christmas Party
Location: The Distillery, Birmingham
Tuesday 9th November 2021
Lunch with David Smith, Economist Sunday Times & Gráinne Gilmore, Head of Research Zoopla
Location: No. 11 Cavendish Square, London
