Rebecca Stanton

Senior Associate

Rebecca is an Associate in the Planning and Environment team. She qualified and joined Thrings in January 2021. As a member of our Development of Land, Agriculture, and Clean Energy sector teams, she assist clients on a wide range of residential and agriculture development schemes, acting for housebuilders, developers, promoters and landowners.

Rebecca is listed as a key lawyer in the team by Legal 500. Alongside her role at Thrings, she is an active member of Bristol Junior Chamber and she served as Chair of Charity for two years (2021-23) on its Council of Management. She has been appointed as a general committee member for the Women in Property South West branch for 2023-24 and 2024-2025.

Development of Land

In her work with the Development of Land team, Rebecca advises on both contentious and non-contentious planning matters relating to residential, mixed use and commercial development schemes. She has acted for housebuilders, housing associations and landowners with negotiation of infrastructure agreements, section 106 agreements (with a particular recent focus on achieving Biodiversity Net Gain solutions), and providing advice on policy and legislation to help with any issues that arise during the planning process. Rebecca has experience liaising with and between clients, their technical consultants and professional, local authority officers and landowners.

Agriculture

Rebecca also assists with cases enabling farming enterprises to diversify, and achieve development as well as compliance with national policy and legislation in the rural economy. This includes Certificate of Lawfulness applications, experience with High Court challenges, planning appeals, and resolution of planning enforcement matters.

Regulatory Crime

Alongside the Agriculture team, Rebecca has experience defending high value criminal prosecutions brought by the Environment Agency, and also local authorities in a Planning Enforcement context, in both the Magistrate’s and Crown Court. This expertise has led her to experience defending Proceeds of Crime Act investigations, and advising clients in the rural economy on how to prepare for regulatory investigations and visits, as well as police station PACE interviews.