Planning Speed Read – Planning in Purdah-tory and Appeals Updates
With local elections looming on 2 May this year, applicants for planning permission should expect delays in local planning authorities' decision making during April.
- Advising various national and regional housebuilders on the securing and delivery of new schemes of all sizes (including on strategy, risk mitigation, and Section 106 negotiations).
- Acting for a national housebuilder to provide innovative legal mechanisms to help secure two ground-breaking mitigation schemes to achieve nutrient neutrality in the Solent.
- Supporting Fareham BC on the grant of planning permission and the Section 106 Agreement for the 6,000 home Welborne Garden Village.
- Acting as lead legal advisor on multiple planning appeals, including advocacy at public inquiries and oral hearings.
- Supporting clients in the social housing sector and helping navigate the complex interplay between the planning, regulatory and grant funding regimes.
- Successfully bringing and defending multiple judicial review and Section 288 challenges.
- Advising on planning risk and mitigation in forward fund agreements in the build-to-rent, single family housing, and industrial/distribution sectors.
- Acting for local and central government authorities, as well as other public sector bodies, on various high-profile and strategic development projects, including the proposed Howbury Park SRFI public inquiry.