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Heidi heads up the firm’s multidisciplinary team of planners and solicitors and has more than 20 years’ experience in this field. The team is highly regarded and has an enviable track record of success in delivering complex major development and regeneration projects both for public and private sector clients.
Heidi has a thorough knowledge of the planning process and the framework necessary to deliver development.
Her acknowledged expertise includes: the negotiation and drafting of section 106, highways and infrastructure agreements; contentious issues such as high court challenges and enforcement matters, including at public inquiry; the resolution of issues such as rights of way, village greens etc., which threaten to impact on development; dealing with heritage assets.
Heidi also has a thorough knowledge of environmental matters and is able to advise on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious issues. She has particular expertise in the waste sector and the port sector, advising clients on matters such as pollution incidents, nuisance, regulatory investigations and prosecutions.
Law Society Planning & Environment Committee
United Kingdom Environmental Law Association
Environmental Law Foundation
