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Tuesday 20 October 2026, 8:00 - 12:00

Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley St, Manchester M2 3WS

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This conference will delve into all areas of the residential market from luxury city centre apartments to single family social housing and debate what the government has got right and what it has got wrong since coming into power on the promise of fixing the housing crisis.

Speakers confirmed include

Catherine Holmes, Homes England, p Homes England (x)

Catherine Holmes

assistant director for the North West, Homes England

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Catherine Holmes

assistant director for the North West, Homes England

Holmes has responsibility for several of the largest emerging regeneration opportunities on patch. She has a breadth of experience across the agency’s activities and has previously managed some of the most complex, high value projects in the North West as well as leading on the strategic asset disposals programme.
Catherine Holmes, Homes England, p Homes England (x)

Cllr Gavin White

executive member for housing and regeneration, Manchester City Council

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Cllr Gavin White

executive member for housing and regeneration, Manchester City Council

Councillor White was elected to the council in May 2018, representing Old Moat ward in south Manchester and was re-elected in May 2021, and May 2024. He was a member of the planning committee, and neighbourhoods and environment committee of the city council between 2018-2021 and in May 2021 he joined the Executive of the Council with the portfolio areas of Housing and Development. White’s portfolio areas as executive member for housing and regeneration includes housing management, planning, private rented sector and enforcement, regeneration projects and investment in district centres, residential growth and strategic housing. He is a trustee and volunteer with a number of charities in Old Moat and across Manchester.
Tim Heatley Capital Centric p Font Comms x

Tim Heatley

co-founder & director, Capital&Centric

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Tim Heatley

co-founder & director, Capital&Centric

Heatley co-founded Capital&Centric in 2011 with Adam Higgins. He has delivered many high-profile regeneration projects in partnership with local authorities. He has won prestigious awards such as the UKREiiF Property Personality of the Year for his entrepreneurial approach and social impact. Healtey is leading on the generation of new business and has been responsible for identifying a number of large-scale projects including Weir Mill in Stockport and the Goods Yard in Stoke-on-Trent. He established Regeneration Brainery, assisting those from diverse and disadvantaged backgrounds to get into the property industry.
Tim Heatley Capital Centric p Font Comms x
Tori Hall, Brookbanks p Brookbanks (AI expanded)

Tori Hall

group director of development management, Brookbanks

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Tori Hall

group director of development management, Brookbanks

Hall is the development director in Brookbanks’ development management group, with a strong background in project management, land & planning which plays a pivotal role in shaping the strategic development and management of large projects. This position involves creating and implementing short and long-term delivery strategies to guide project-specific growth.
Tori Hall, Brookbanks p Brookbanks (AI expanded)
Rob Chesworth, The Crown Estate, p The Crown Estate (x)

Rob Chesworth

head of housing & strategic land, The Crown Estate

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Rob Chesworth

head of housing & strategic land, The Crown Estate

Chesworth leads The Crown Estate’s housing & strategic land portfolio, a national pipeline of around 60,000 homes across 30+ strategic sites and The Impact Partnership, a 50/50 joint venture with Lendlease. His work spans strategic land promotion, large-scale garden communities and public-private partnership, with a focus on how public and private partners can align capital, policy and ambition to accelerate housing delivery and drive innovation across the sector.
Rob Chesworth, The Crown Estate, p The Crown Estate (x)
Sandy Kelly, Onward p Onward (AI expanded)

Sandy Kelly

interim director of growth & regeneration, Onward

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Sandy Kelly

interim director of growth & regeneration, Onward

Kelly is responsible for delivering Onward’s ambitious development programme, as well as overseeing transformational regeneration projects within existing Onward neighbourhoods. Through Kelly’s stewardship of the Strategic Partnership with Homes England, Onward has cemented its place among the top 50 developing housing associations in the country, with plans to build around 500 new homes per year across the north west. With a passion for delivering quality homes across all tenures, Kelly oversaw the 2019 launch of Onward’s home ownership brand, Onward Living, which has already enabled around 700 people to take their first steps onto the property ladder.
Sandy Kelly, Onward p Onward (AI expanded)
Seb Verity, Allsop c Allsop

Seb Verity

head of research, Allsop

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Seb Verity

head of research, Allsop

Verity focuses on providing market comment & economic intelligence to both the residential & commercial sides of the business, while also being a subject-matter expert in terms of key real estate datasets. He has experience of building & maintaining business-critical databases and maintaining supplier relationships, giving him a unique insight into what happens ‘under the bonnet’ of much of the insight, analytical and advisory outputs in all sectors. He also provides clients with a bespoke research & analytical consultancy service – especially in the ResDev, BTR, Senior Living and PBSA sectors.
Seb Verity, Allsop c Allsop
Joanne Morrison, Gleeson p Gleeson

Joanne Morrison

North West managing director, Gleeson

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Joanne Morrison

North West managing director, Gleeson

Morrison is responsible for driving regional growth and delivering high-quality, affordable homes across the region. With over 20 years’ industry experience, she has a proven track record of leadership, business expansion and operational excellence within the UK housebuilding sector.
Joanne Morrison, Gleeson p Gleeson
Matt Ollier, Ollier Smurthwaite p Ollier Smurthwaite

Matt Ollier

director, Ollier Smurthwaite Architects

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Matt Ollier

director, Ollier Smurthwaite Architects

Ollier is a founding partner at Ollier Smurthwaite Architects with 30 years industry experience and leads on design and innovation. His practice has received a number of design awards for their well-considered and contextually sensitive schemes. He works across all sectors with a strong focus on the residential sector and urban regeneration in the North West. He also set up Unlocked, a consultancy who work with councils and landowners to develop over looked and undervalued sites. They bring together councils, investors, developers, consultants and contractors targeting sustainable brownfield sites and all schemes have a free, For-The- Community component.
Matt Ollier, Ollier Smurthwaite p Ollier Smurthwaite
Adrian Rooney, J.Greenwood (Builders) p J.Greenwood (AI Expand)

Adrian Rooney

managing director, J Greenwood Builders

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Adrian Rooney

managing director, J Greenwood Builders

Rooney has held his role at J Greenwood Builders since January 2020. With over 30 years of experience in the construction industry, Rooney is a chartered quantity surveyor and an accomplished senior leader with a strong track record of delivering complex projects across multiple sectors. Rooney has extensive experience across residential housing, apartments, extra care, education, commercial developments, and refurbishment projects. He leads the business as framework manager on key public sector and regional frameworks, including ICN, JV North, and the Northwest Construction Hub, driving collaborative delivery and long-term partnership success
Adrian Rooney, J.Greenwood (Builders) p J.Greenwood (AI Expand)
Andy Teage, WSP p WSP

Andy Teage

director - planning consultancy, WSP

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Andy Teage

director - planning consultancy, WSP

Teage is a Chartered Town Planner with 25+ years’ experience in the public and private sectors. Advising on major mixed-use, residential, commercial, industrial, and regeneration projects. He develops planning strategies, leads multidisciplinary teams, and provides expert evidence. He works with housebuilders, registered providers, combined authorities and government agencies to deliver new homes across the region.
Andy Teage, WSP p WSP
Rebecca Jason, Winckworth Sherwood p Winckworth Sherwood

Rebecca Jason

partner, Winckworth Sherwood

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Rebecca Jason

partner, Winckworth Sherwood

Jason is a highly experienced finance lawyer in social housing, public sector and real estate finance, heading up the Manchester banking and finance team. Her practice includes all forms of lending arrangements involving clearing banks, institutional investors and public sector bodies on both a secured and an unsecured basis with a focus on housing delivery.
Rebecca Jason, Winckworth Sherwood p Winckworth Sherwood

Companies attending in 2026

Homes England, Hampshire Trust Bank, Quantum Development Finance, Barratt Redrow, Placefirst, Northstone, Regenda Group, Vistry Homes, AEW Architects, Alan Johnston Partnership, Ardent Consulting Engineers, Artal, Astute Transport Planning, Bell Munro Consulting, Bethell Utilities, Biodiversity Units UK, Black Cat Building Consultancy, Brock Carmichael, Buju Architects, Cavendish, Civic, Clarke Willmott, Colliers, Corstorphine & Wright, Cudd Bentley Consulting, Denton Corker Marshall, Desimone Consulting Engineering, DevComms Midlands, DLA Architecture, DPP Planning, Enabl, Future of Greater Manchester, Gleeds, GMI, Greenbridge Renewables, Hannan Associates MEP, Hawkins Brown, Iceni Projects, Inspiring Housing CLT, JLL, John Keyes Consulting, Kuits, Lanpro, Lanyon Bowdler, Luma Marketing, Manor Architecture, Mason Navarro Pledge, McAuliffe Group, Monitoring Surveyors, NJL Consulting, Pannone Corporate, Pegasus Planning, Pinsent Masons, Pozzoni Architecture, R5 Consultants, Racefield Consulting, Redmore Environmental, RoC Consulting, Rural Solutions, Russell Bolton Consulting, SAY Property Consultants, Shoosmiths, Spring, TLT, TP Bennett, Turley, Tyrens Hilson Moran, Wallace Whittle, Waterman Group, WSP, WW+P and more.

Agenda

8:00 am

Arrival, networking & breakfast

9:00 am

Welcome from Julia Hatmaker, editor, Place North West

9:05 am

Presentation: Seb Verity, head of research, Allsop

9:20 am

Panel discussion: State of the market

Seb Verity, head of research, Allsop

Tori Hall, group director of development management, Brookbanks

Matthew Ollier, co-founder, Ollier Smurthwaite Architects

Tim Heatley, co-founder, Capital&Centric

Joanne Morrison, North West managing director, Gleeson

10:05 am

Refreshment and comfort break

10:35 am

Presentation & 1-2-1: Rob Chesworth, head of housing & strategic land, The Crown Estate

10:55 am

Presentation: Catherine Holmes, assistant director for the North West, Homes England

11:10 am

Panel discussion: Affordable Housing

Cllr Gavin White, executive member for housing & regeneration, Manchester City Council

Sandy Kelly, interim director of growth & regeneration, Onward

Adrian Rooney, managing director, J Greenwood Builders

Rebecca Jason, partner, Winkworth Sherwood

Andy Teage, director – planning consultancy, WSP

Catherine Holmes, assistant director for the North West, Homes England

 

12:00 pm

Closing remarks, lunch and further networking

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