Date: Thursday 5 June 2025, 8:00 - 12:00
Location: Chester Racecourse, Chester, CH1 2LY
Email: [email protected]
Company: Place North West
Cheshire & North Wales Development Update 2025
Date: 5 June 2025, 8:00 - 12:00
Location: Chester Racecourse, Chester, CH1 2LY
Email: [email protected]
Company: Place North West
Chester, Warrington, Wrexham, Cheshire East, Ellesmere Port…
Place North West’s series of unmissable sub-regional briefings offers the chance to get under the skin of the local market and mix with the movers and shakers who are shaping the latest major projects.
Speakers confirmed so far:
Cllr Hans Mundry, Leader, Warrington Council
Cllr Michael Gorman, Deputy Leader, Cheshire East Council
Gemma Davies, director of economy & housing, Cheshire West & Chester Council
Joe Broadley, development director, Igloo Regeneration
Rhys Parry, capital investment lead, Welsh Government
Phil Collings, development director, Barratt Redrow, land & development lead, MADE Partnership
- CLLR HANS MUNDRY, WARRINGTON COUNCIL | Hans is one of Warrington Borough Council’s longest-serving members. He was first elected in 1995, representing Westy, which was subsequently changed to the ward of Latchford East. Leader of the council since 2023, Hans is now focused on delivering a balanced budget & protecting essential services during a challenging time, while ensuring Warrington maximises the transformational opportunities of devolution.
- GEMMA DAVIES, CHESHIRE WEST & CHESTER COUNCIL | Gemma has worked in local government for 21 years, after graduating with an economics degree from Lancaster University. She has worked in various roles for Chester, Shropshire & Cheshire West & Chester Councils. She has responsibility for housing, planning, economic growth and capital delivery and is a member of the institute of economic development. her recent work also involves supporting Cheshire & Warrington’s devolution ambitions working with colleagues across the sub-region.
- CLLR MICHAEL GORMAN, CHESHIRE EAST COUNCIL | Michael was elected as the Deputy Leader of the Council in February 2024 and became Leader of the Independent Group which, together with the Labour Group, is currently in joint overall control of the Council. Michael is a member of the strategic planning board and also chairs the economy & growth committee. He continues as a trustee of the Cheshire pension fund and is also a director of Alderley Park.
- RHYS PARRY, WELSH GOVERNMENT | Rhys proactively builds relationships
& engages with international investors in promoting Wales as an attractive Capital
Investment destination. Rhys is passionate about promoting Wales & developing the
necessary relationships to drive forward Wales’s plans for Capital Projects.
- PHIL COLLINGS, BARRATT REDROW & MADE PARTNERSHIP| Phil is a development director at Barratt Redrow and leads the land and development team at MADE Partnership, the master developer joint venture formed between Barratt Redrow, Homes England & the Lloyds Banking Group that was set up to support councils & landowners to deliver large-scale developments. Prior to joining Barratt Redrow in 2022, Phil spent 10 years at Homes England where he worked on some of the country’s largest development & regeneration projects.
Organisations that attended this event in 2024 included Aldi, Progressive Living, Arup, Close Brothers Property Finance, Morgan Sindall Construction, RSK, Emery Planning, Condy Lofthouse, LK Group, EWA, Mansell Build and many more. View last year’s event write up and gallery here.
Tickets cost £88+VAT. Local authorities and registered providers can purchase tickets at a 50% discount below.
There will be a mix of presentations and panels. Breakfast and lunch are included, providing plenty of opportunity for business development.
Book using the form below – if you can’t see the form, please contact [email protected]
This event is sponsored by Waterman and FI Real Estate Management
