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What the Team is Known For

Womble Bond Dickinson UK advises on a full range of planning and highways matters, including compulsory purchase order work. The team also regularly deals with transport-related matters, and acts for a national client base including developers, local authorities, landowners, house builders and energy companies. The lawyers also have experience representing clients in planning litigation and planning inquiries, and advise on major regeneration, infrastructure and redevelopment schemes.

Work Highlights

  • Womble Bond Dickinson advised Greater Cambridgeshire Partnership in their effort to secure three Transport and Works Act Order for rapid transit schemes across the region.

Strengths

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The Womble Bond team's advice is always on-point. It is practical, commercial, and tailored to the client's needs.

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The Womble Bond team has a good breadth of experience in relation to various planning issues and is very responsive.

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Womble Bond provides a focused and knowledgeable approach to the subject matter.

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The Womble Bond team is not only highly experienced and incredibly knowledgeable but also wonderfully personable, helpful and approachable.

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Womble Bond have a strong strategic approach and an ability to think outside the box, consistently providing innovative solutions to complex issues.

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Notable Practitioners

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Francesca Hodgson
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Francesca Hodgson is noted for her work advising clients on a broad range of regulatory and compliance issues, particularly in relation to environmental matters. She regularly advises clients on such issues as environmental liability, remediation and site investigations.

Francesca has a very good understanding of the legal framework for environmental matters and provides practical, pragmatic legal advice.

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Stephen Dagg
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Stephen Dagg is well versed in handling a wide range of planning matters, with particular experience in national highway and railway infrastructure projects. He is also skilled at defending judicial review claims.

Stephen is very experienced and has a good understanding of the subject matter.

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Rachel Sykes
Associates to watch

Rachel Sykes's increased prominence in the planning market is due to the range of support she provides clients. This spans from planning application reviews to issues pertaining to compulsory application powers.

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Francesca Hodgson
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Stephen Dagg
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Rachel Sykes
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