Planning

About

Provided by Herbert Smith Freehills

We understand the need for joined-up sector specialist advice across all of the disciplines that have to come together on any deal or project. We approach planning not as an isolated area of law but as part of the life cycle of real estate assets, applying our experience to help our clients foresee and resolve commercial issues on a project-wide basis.

We are at the very top of the market for planning work on business-critical projects: clients turn to us when the outcome really matters.

We have two principal focuses: high profile commercial development and regeneration projects and major energy and infrastructure projects. Our expertise includes planning applications and agreements, strategic planning advice, heritage and listing issues, environmental impact assessment, CIL, compulsory purchase and planning inquiries.

We work alongside our real estate disputes resolution team, who deal with compulsory purchase compensation, rights to light and other contentious property matters. We also work closely with our market-leading public law litigation team on judicial review and information disclosure. Our ability to leverage this cross-practice specialist advice gives our clients a distinct commercial advantage in the market.

We are proud to advise some of the most prestigious clients across the real estate, energy and infrastructure sectors on their planning law requirements.