Alex Ground
UK Guide 2025
Band 6 : Planning
Band 6
Chambers Review
UK
Alex Ground of Russell-Cooke is a very well-respected planning solicitor is adept at handling contentious and non-contentious matters. She is able to provide impressive advice to a range of clients from developers, landowners, charities and investors. Ground has fantastic experience dealing with residential and commercial developments and infrastructure matters.
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"Alex is simply the best planning solicitor I have had the pleasure of working with. She clearly enjoys her job and is passionate about planning law. She is highly professional and extremely thorough."
"She is a clever and diligent lawyer. It has been a real pleasure to work with her."
"Alex is simply the best planning solicitor I have had the pleasure of working with. She clearly enjoys her job and is passionate about planning law. She is highly professional and extremely thorough."
"She is a clever and diligent lawyer. It has been a real pleasure to work with her."
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Pre-commencement planning conditions
Pre-commencement conditions are those conditions on a planning permission which are required to be satisfied before any building or other operation comprised in the development is begun.
Careful not to trigger CIL when complying with pre-commencement conditions
Planning authorities have the power, when granting planning permission, to impose "such conditions as they think fit". This includes pre-commencement conditions, which must be complied with before any building or operation comprised in the development is begun, or any change of use is begun.
Amalgamating dwelling houses – is this possible?
Up until 2000, it was generally considered that the amalgamation of dwellings was not a material change of use and therefore did not require planning permission.
Pre-commencement planning conditions
Pre-commencement conditions are those conditions on a planning permission which are required to be satisfied before any building or other operation comprised in the development is begun.
Careful not to trigger CIL when complying with pre-commencement conditions
Planning authorities have the power, when granting planning permission, to impose "such conditions as they think fit". This includes pre-commencement conditions, which must be complied with before any building or operation comprised in the development is begun, or any change of use is begun.
Amalgamating dwelling houses – is this possible?
Up until 2000, it was generally considered that the amalgamation of dwellings was not a material change of use and therefore did not require planning permission.
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