About

Provided by Addisons

Addisons’ highly respected Environment & Planning team brings an unsurpassed depth of experience advising on NSW projects, assisting clients to navigate complex approval processes and turn their planned projects into reality.

Clients can be assured of our comprehensive support through all stages of projects, from preliminary strategic advice, due diligence and scoping, planning and approvals processes, agreements, financing to commencement, construction, operation and disposal.

With long experience with the environment and planning legal framework, our lawyers bring dual expertise in architecture, environmental science and policy. We are creative problem-solvers, skilled in negotiating and communicating with a wide range of stakeholder groups. Our advice ensures clients can address the overlapping policy, politics, risk and legal issues that can influence planning processes. We enable clients to anticipate decision-makers’ concerns and navigate the path to approval. Our strong commercial perspective and pragmatic approach ensures we focus on the points worth pursuing.

Addisons has assisted clients deliver projects including CBD commercial towers, mines, ports, hotels and resorts, energy, transport and logistics, pipelines, as well as greenfield and infill residential development and shopping centres. We are very proud of our role supporting clients to create some of the State’s landmark spaces.

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Environment & Planning - Australia

4
Band 4

What the Team is Known For

Addisons maintain a specialist practice, advising an impressive range of developers. The team handles the planning and approval aspects of large property, infrastructure, retail and mixed-use developments. In addition to planning approvals, rezoning and compulsory acquisition matters, the firm is well-reputed for Land and Environment Court of NSW disputes.

Work Highlights

  • Addisons advised Mirvac on achieving rezoning and planning approval for a AUD600 million office tower at 55 Pitt Street, Sydney.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Penny Murray
4
Penny Murray
4
Band 4
Penny Murray acts for a number of prominent developers on their planning approval, zoning and environmental matters. She also has a strong track record in compensation claims.

Penny is diligent and practical. We recommend her to a lot of people because she is so good.

Penny Murray is a delight to work with and really prompt.

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Penny Murray
4
Penny Murray
4
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Members

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Natalie Rodwell