We're Hosting at UKREiiF This Year

UKKREiiF is one of those events where you spend three days bumping into everyone you've been meaning to catch up with for months. The conversations in the corridors are often where some of the most valuable connections happen, alongside a packed programme of insightful talks on stage. The energy is unlike anything else in the sector calendar.

This year, LandTech is hosting our own space right in the middle of it, and I want to tell you why it's worth making your way over to High Hat Corner.

We've built a programme around the questions you're actually wrestling with

We didn't want to put on a generic conference stage. We wanted to create something that felt genuinely useful. Sessions that map to the real pressure points in the development journey right now - with people in the room who are actually dealing with them.

So here's what we've put together, across three days at the Royal Armouries:

If you're thinking about where land strategy goes next, Wei Yang from the Digital Planning Taskforce and Simon Ricketts from Town Legal will talk through what rules-based planning actually means in practice. Not the policy theory, but the real-world implications for investment and site selection. Euan Mills from Blocktype is joining us to talk density and design. We’ll also have colleagues from Space Syntax and the Department for Transport looking at how the new NPPF is reshaping opportunity around transport connectivity.

If BNG is giving you headaches, you're not alone. We've brought together Cameron Cook from Richborough Estates and Melissa Arthur from Barratt Redrow, both managing this on live schemes right now, to talk through how the new economics of land are playing out. Because BNG isn't just a planning condition anymore. It's a viability question. Our partners at BNGAi are at the heart of this conversation. If you want to understand how AI-powered environmental intelligence is changing what a site is worth, this is the session to be in.

If you're navigating funding conversations, Frazer Campbell from BrickFlow, Sara Eustace from Homes England, and Daniel Everett from Hometrack are joining us for a session on the capital stack: what evidence partners actually want to see, and how financial data is changing the way deals get structured and approved.

On consultation, Lia Butler and the Give My View team are tackling something I think a lot of people are quietly worried about. What happens when AI-generated responses flood a consultation process, and what does that mean for planning outcomes and procedural confidence? It's one of those topics that everyone is aware of, but few people have a clear answer to yet.

And RTPI President Jan Bessell is joining us with the RTPI team to talk about the future of a genuinely plan-led system. If you care about local plans, SDSs, and where the system is actually heading, this is the conversation to be in.

We're also delighted to be joined by RenKap, a site survey marketplace that helps developers line up the right surveys at the right time. Get multiple quotes, appoint vetted surveyors, track progress, and keep reports in one place. They are woven through the programme and will be part of our centrepiece session on how the right data connects the full development journey.

The full programme

Come for the sessions. Stay for everything else.

Wednesday morning we're hosting LPDF's Pastries with a Politician, an informal breakfast with a leading MP. If you want a candid conversation about planning reform over coffee and a croissant, that's your moment.

Both Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, we're hosting drinks at High Hat Corner. Relaxed, good crowd, no agenda. Just the kind of conversation that tends to happen when you get senior developers, planners and funding professionals in the same room with something decent to drink.

If you've been looking for a reason to come and find the LandTech team, this is it. We'll have people there across all three days. Come and talk to us about what you're working on, what's frustrating you, and what you want to see us build next. We genuinely want to hear it.

A huge thank you to our partners

None of this happens without the brilliant organisations who have helped shape this programme. A special thank you to our headline partners:

RenKap: a site survey marketplace that helps teams understand which surveys to run, when to run them, and then get them delivered. They bring genuine operational insight to the data conversation and are part of the programme from start to finish.

BNGAi: their AI-powered approach to biodiversity net gain is changing how developers and land professionals understand environmental obligation at the appraisal stage. Essential presence for anyone navigating BNG on live schemes.

And a huge thank you to the institutions whose involvement gives this programme its authority and reach: the RTPI, the Land, Planning and Development Federation (LPDF), and the University of the Built Environment.

We're also grateful to our wider programme partners: Hometrack, BrickFlow, Homes England, Blocktype, Space Syntax, Give My View, AiDash, Co-Plug, Lichfields, Town Legal, Digital Planning Taskforce, Turley, Prior and Partners, Connected Places Catapult, Olive Branch Consulting, Iceni Projects, Processus Tech, Arup, Planning Advisory Service, Richborough Estates, and Barratt Redrow, for bringing their expertise, their speakers, and their networks to High Hat Corner.

This is genuinely one of the strongest line-ups we've assembled. We're proud of it.

Where to find us

High Hat Corner, Red Zone (Royal Armouries, Leeds). May 19–21

You can't miss us. Come and say hello, grab a seat for a session, or just find one of the team for a chat. If you want to make sure we have time set aside, reach out beforehand and we'll get something in the diary.

See you in Leeds.