Planning, Environment & Public Administration

From our earliest days we have acted for local authorities in most if not all areas in which they function and we have provided the same expertise to individuals and organisations in their dealings with local authorities and other public bodies. This has included the formulation of planning policy, representation at local plan and rights of way inquiries and prosecuting and defending in a wide range of cases involving regulatory offences.

Members of the team have considerable experience of advising and representing the private sector at all levels on planning and environmental matters including major commercial projects (such as industrial, housing and retail developments) and major waste and mineral extraction proposals. We are able to assist with all aspects of such work, including licensing and regulation.

In recent years we have recruited with the specific aim of meeting the demand for specialists in this area and our team, some of whom are members of PEBA, now includes those able to offer expert knowledge of and experience of work in the following areas:

• Competitive tendering and contracting out
• Compulsory purchase
• Development agreements
• Education : school admission appeals & Special Educational Needs
• Environmental protection
• Highways and streetworks
• Judicial review
• Licensing
• Planning
• Public rights of way

Members whose names in the right hand panel are shown in blue are prepared in appropriate cases to accept instructions directly from individuals, companies or other entities under the Bar's Public Access Rules.  For more detail please see the Public Access page on this website.

See also: Land, Tenancies & Housing

 

 

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