Planning

From time to time your company may require planning permission or find itself affected by the plans of others. At times like these you need a powerful team behind you to get the very best results.

Our planning team has vast experience in negotiating and securing complex and sensitive planning requirements. We work closely with colleagues in our property teams, as well as with the Planning Authority, Highways Authority, Environment Agency and other bodies involved in the land development process.

Our comprehensive range of services includes:

• Advice on the need for planning permission
• Planning prospects evaluation
• Pre-application appraisals
• Draft development plans
• Submitting applications
• Specialised applications for large-scale developers, agricultural businesses and waste-disposal companies
• Negotiations with local authorities
• Responding to planners' concerns
• Objections to applications
• Section 106 agreements
• Appeals and disputes
• Enforcement notices
• Rights of way claims
• Judicial reviews