In the face of an ever changing planning system having the right planning advice at every stage of your project or land deal is essential.
With their wealth of specialist legal knowledge on all aspects of planning law you can be satisfied that using our specialist and independently recommended team means not only having access to expert knowledge but also having the support of a proactive pragmatic and commercially minded team of experts to help you every step of the way.
Our planning team have years of experience advising both public sector and private sector clients which means that they have first hand experience of dealing with pretty much any situation that may arise and can advise you on suitable strategies or tactics to overcome opposition or other issues. Our advice not only highlights your possible problems but helps you to find viable solutions.
We can help you by:
- Providing advice on the need for planning permission and on the submission of planning applications, as well as advising on development and regeneration schemes.
- Assisting you in submitting planning appeals whether through written representation, hearings or public inquiries as well as or either acting as your advocate or instructing a barrister to help you.
- Advising on alleged breaches of planning control and planning enforcement issues.
- Supporting you in convincing the local planning authority to take action where breaches of planning control are affecting your home or business.
- Negotiating and preparing planning agreements and unilateral obligations.
- Challenging the local planning authority’s decision by way of judicial review or other legal challenge.
- Providing advice on the impact of the Listed Building regime (or other statutory protection) on your project.
- Assisting you in making representations on local plan proposals which may affect you or your area.
- Advising on compulsory purchase issues, including certificates of alternative appropriate development.
- Providing advice on development agreements, options and conditional land transactions dependant on planning.
- Advising on how to make, or how to oppose, a town and village green application.
- Advising on common land issues which may affect your development proposals.
- Providing advise on all aspects of highways law, including drafting and negotiating highways agreements, advising on highway rights, the stopping up and creating of highways (including footpath and bridleways) as well as their diversion, parking and traffic regulation orders.
