Our Planning Team has been involved in a number of high-profile cases in this area. Highlights include:
- advising an international retailer taking a lease of The Shard
- settling a section 106 agreement in relation to a mixed-use development of 230 residential units and up to 465 square metres of retail/leisure space in West Wales
- providing due diligence for a portfolio of London properties to a client acquiring an interest through a joint venture valued at £30m
- advising a developer on planning matters arising from a completed seven-storey, mixed-use development in London valued in excess of £10m in order to avoid enforcement action
- successful judicial review of a Certificate of Lawfulness for a business park in Wiltshire and costs award (R (on the application of Freedman) v Wiltshire Council [2014] EWHC 211 (Admin))
- successful statutory review of an Inspector’s appeal decision in the High Court with costs award and subsequent grant of a Certificate of Lawfulness on the redetermination of the appeal
- settling a bespoke section 106 agreement to enable the grant of planning permission for a quarry extension in excess of 3m tonne