Seemingly sensible goals, building the homes the country needs, modernising infrastructure, and supporting businesses to thrive, invariably come into conflict with the need to preserve the environment, culture, and heritage, as well as the needs of lenders and other stakeholders.
We help make sense of the mechanics and components – strategic policies, environmental considerations and regulations, national guidance, and Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects in the infrastructure and energy sectors. Our planning solicitors are experienced in handling planning permission applications, addressing planning issues, and providing comprehensive planning advice.
Additionally, we cover affordable housing, mixed-use and commercial developments, listed buildings, Section 106 agreements, appeals, novel consenting regimes such as local development orders, the compulsory purchase process, and judicial reviews. Our planning lawyers also understand planning and environmental issues when managing and disposing of assets and how they might affect joint ventures, development finance, and refinancing. And that’s before you even consider how intensely political the planning regime has become.
Working with our colleagues across practice areas and experienced professional consultants, we use our years of experience engaging with all aspects of the planning and consenting systems to seek out answers that work for you. That means we put in the effort to really understand your objectives as well as the motivations of the people who make planning and consenting decisions. We apply the right blend of legal knowledge and political nous, ensuring a well-structured planning strategy to overcome challenges.
