Planning & Environment

Advising acquiring authorities, landowners, occupiers and developers on compulsory purchase, compensation and land assembly matters.

Supporting organisations with environmental obligations, sustainability requirements, permitting, environmental risk and remediation projects.

Advising on the development, protection and management of heritage assets and listed buildings, including consents and enforcement matters.

Supporting developments and infrastructure projects involving highways, access arrangements, public rights of way and related agreements.

Advising on challenges to planning decisions, public law matters and statutory review proceedings.

Supporting mineral, quarrying and extraction projects with planning, environmental, restoration and regulatory advice.

Advising on planning strategy, applications, appeals and the promotion of development opportunities.

Supporting the negotiation, variation and implementation of planning obligations and infrastructure agreements.

Advising landowners, developers and promoters on site strategy, allocation, promotion agreements and long-term development opportunities.

Our Partners take the time to understand what matters to each client and remain closely involved as work progresses. Their experience brings perspective, sound judgment and a clear sense of what may be needed next as we grow together. This continuity creates trusted relationships, keeps advice grounded in the wider context and gives clients direct access to the people responsible for guiding their most important decisions.

A relationship with us can develop as your ambitions, circumstances and priorities change, grow and evolve over the years. We bring together the right combination of legal and professional expertise from across the business, without losing the relationships and understanding already established. From our full spectrum of services for individuals and businesses alike through to our specialist services in chartered town planning, patent and trademark attorneys, tax, competition and regulatory with sector specialists across the board, you can draw on the broadest of capability while continuing to work with advisers who know what matters to you.

We believe clients shouldn't have to choose between accessibility and expertise. Our advisers are based in the communities where you live and work, providing the personal relationships and local understanding that come from being close at hand. Backed by a connected national business, you also get access to a wide range of specialist expertise.