Planning & Environment | UK

Pinsent Masons provides an outstanding full-service planning and environment offering with national capabilities, advising landowners, developers and public sector clients. It also acts for clients in the education sector. The team offers extensive expertise in regeneration and infrastructure projects, including related compulsory purchase and development consent orders, with additional experience representing clients in judicial reviews and planning appeals.

Shoosmiths houses a respected planning team with a strong residential and mixed-use development offering. It regularly handles compulsory purchase and land assembly matters, as well as highway issues. The team has an enviable national client base including developers, retailers and local authorities.

Winckworth Sherwood has a respected planning practice that regularly advises house builders and local authorities. The lawyers provide experience in a wide range of planning issues, including those relating to urban extensions and residential developments. The team also has a wealth of experience in the planning aspects of mixed-use developments, as well as compulsory purchase and matters involving assets of community value.

Addleshaw Goddard's practice has a full-service offering and extensive expertise in planning and environmental matters. The team is regularly called upon to advise on highly contentious cases and questions of environmental liability. It is also sought after for advice on the environment law implications of corporate and commercial transactions. In addition, the team offers support on planning appeals and applications, as well as enforcement matters. The firm assists a broad client base including several household names and local councils.

Eversheds Sutherland offers an planning and environment practice with national and international capabilities. It advises on the full spectrum of environment matters, including waste disposal, plastic treatment work and Environment Agency investigations and prosecutions. The team also deals with major compulsory purchase and compensation matters, as well as notable regeneration schemes and large infrastructure projects requiring development consent orders.

Clyde & Co offers particular expertise in contentious environmental matters, including criminal and civil actions, as well as advising on permit compliance. The team regularly undertakes waste, water and air pollution and contaminated land matters. It often acts for corporates, recycling businesses, energy companies and public sector organisations.

Irwin Mitchell assists with a range of transactional and regulatory issues, with notable experience working on ESG due diligence and environmental permit-related matters. The team offers additional expertise in planning regulation, Section 106 agreements and planning permission applications and appeals.

Mills & Reeve has a notable planning team in Manchester. The team advises on planning agreements and appeals relating to commercial developments, residential developments and regenerations schemes. Its clients include developers, landowners, public sector bodies and higher education institutions.

TLT advises on a range of planning work across the North West. The team works for a range of clients, acting for local authorities and the public sector. The team also has considerable experience in regeneration and infrastructure work, boasting instructions for major highways infrastructure matters. The team has additional expertise in contentious and non-contentious environmental matters.

Weightmans' environment practice advises public and private sector clients. It defends against environmental investigations and enforcements, advises on transactional matters and assists with regulatory questions and compliance. The team is also recommended for infrastructure and energy matters, as well as its impressive waste practice.