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Planning & Environment - Yorkshire

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Band 1

What the Team is Known For

CMS houses a noted planning team that operates across the North of England, advising clients from both the public and private sectors. It is particularly adept at energy and infrastructure matters, with strong experience in wind, battery storage, gas, electricity and solar developments. Its expertise also includes real estate work, including managing and delivering large-scale mixed-use development schemes. The department is known for advising on large renewable energy and related schemes across the UK, including major wind and solar farms.

Work Highlights

  • CMS provided strategic and detailed planning law advice regarding an extension to Scout Moor Wind Farm in Rossendale.

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Notable Practitioners

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David Hardy
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David Hardy
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Band 1

David Hardy acts for retail, energy infrastructure and housing clients on a range of planning matters, including Section 106 agreements and enforcement notices. He also represents clients in planning appeals and judicial reviews.

David Hardy constantly delivers with precision, focus and awareness of the clients' needs.

David is top drawer; his intellect, understanding and empathy means he sees the bigger picture and frames his advice accordingly. I have the utmost respect for David personally and professionally.

Christopher Bowes
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Christopher Bowes
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Band 2

Christopher Bowes advises on a range of planning matters, such as compulsory purchase and development consent orders for residential, transport and leisure projects.

Christopher is very responsive and has always given well-considered advice to us.

He has good commercial acumen and knowledge of the best way to engage with local authorities, which is very helpful. He doesn't rush you into a dispute without carefully counselling on implications.

Lukas Rootman
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Lukas Rootman
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Band 2

Lukas Rootman is a partner in the Environment and Health & Safety team, specialising in regulatory matters, including incident response and advisory work. He has substantial experience representing clients in regulatory proceedings. He has experience and industry knowledge across environment, energy and climate change.

Lukas provides very pragmatic advice on a complex and specialist area of law, drawing on his considerable and varied experience. He is an experienced and trusted safe pair of hands.

He has excellent expertise also on ESG, non-contentious and commercial matters related to environmental, and health and safety, matters.

If you want someone to be polite but robust and precise when responding to a regulator, Lukas is your man. He's a tough cookie, but his staff respect him and he is a key role model.

I feel comfortable that I can rely on his support engaging with a number of colleagues: from project engineers and senior project managers, to members of project boards.

Lukas is first-class and deals with some of the biggest health and safety and environmental cases.

Rebecca Roffe
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Rebecca Roffe
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Band 3

Rebecca Roffe has extensive experience in planning and environmental law, with a focus on the real estate, energy and infrastructure sectors, including work on nationally significant infrastructure projects, compulsory purchase examinations, planning appeals, and statutory biodiversity net gain.

Rebecca gives sound and pragmatic advice and can find new answers on complex projects that no one has ever done before.

She was responsive, helpful and could explain things in a way to non-experts.

Aimie Farmer
Aimie Farmer
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Aimie Farmer is a senior associate in the Environment and Health & Safety team at CMS, advising across sectors including energy, waste, food, consumer goods, hospitality, residential care, and industry.

Aimie is top quality and a highly experienced solicitor. I cannot fault her attention to detail, knowledge or work ethic.

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Planning & Environment

David Hardy
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David Hardy
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Band 1
Christopher Bowes
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Christopher Bowes
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Band 2
Lukas Rootman
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Lukas Rootman
2
Band 2
Rebecca Roffe
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Rebecca Roffe
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Band 3
Aimie Farmer
Aimie Farmer
Associates to watch