UK Guide 2026 : Midlands
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Provided by Eversheds Sutherland
We have one of the largest planning and infrastructure consenting teams in the UK. We have the capability and depth to handle every aspect of the consenting and compliance regime, including obtaining and amending development consent orders, advising on planning strategy for projects promoted under the Town and Country Planning Act, environmental impact assessment review, compulsory purchase orders and large scale land assembly, judicial reviews and legal challenges, complex s106 and infrastructure agreements, planning due diligence, and ongoing portfolio management.
Major strategic real estate, planning and infrastructure projects can throw up legal problems as complex and substantial as the schemes themselves. We are at the forefront of this work, and as regulations and environmental challenges continue to evolve, we help clients stay ahead of developments.
Our planning lawyers have extensive experience in the strategic, procedural, tactical and legal aspects of securing planning consent, permits or compensation for landowners and developers as rapidly as possible and in the most cost-effective manner. Our aim is to be at the forefront of new developments in property planning law, policy and practice. Our market experience includes the consenting of energy and nationally significant infrastructure projects, renewables, major regeneration schemes, town and country planning and highways. We also have a dedicated team of compulsory purchase practitioners.
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Eversheds Sutherland houses a planning team with regional and national capabilities. It possesses particular expertise in energy planning and infrastructure projects, with additional experience handling a range of development matters. The team is regularly instructed to advise on rail projects and major residential developments. The firm has renowned expertise advising on DCOs.
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Eversheds Sutherland advised joint venture company Rampion Extension Development Ltd, which includes RWE Renewables UK Limited, in connection with its application for a DCO for an extension to the Rampion windfarm off the coast of Sussex.
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Eversheds Sutherland is strategic and not in a rush to please; they know when to put the brakes on and give frank advice. I trust the team a lot.
Eversheds Sutherland have a good balance of staffing at appropriate levels. They have a highly pragmatic approach to risk.
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Paul Maile is often commended for his work on energy, housing and rail infrastructure projects, with particular strength in consent, enforcement notice and compulsory purchase matters. His client base includes renewable energy groups and notable developers.
The advice is very accurate and very good.
He's absolutely brilliant.
David Egan primarily deals with contentious environmental matters, often assisting clients with Environmental Agency investigations and advising on potential liabilities following polluting incidents.
My expectations were exceeded.
Planning & Environment
Planning & Environment
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