Ranking tables
Planning | UK
North West
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
Pinsent Masons 10 Years Ranked- Eversheds Sutherland
Band 3
Band 1
- Colette McCormack Winckworth Sherwood9 Years Ranked
- Emily Williams Addleshaw Goddard LLP11 Years Ranked
- Mike Pocock Pinsent Masons10 Years Ranked
- Michelle MossEversheds Sutherland
- Richard LloydEversheds Sutherland
Band 2
Up and Coming
- Melanie Grimshaw Mills & Reeve LLP1 Years Ranked
- Debbie ReynoldsTLT LLP
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Pinsent MasonsPlanning2025 | Band 1 | 10 Years RankedPinsent Masons provides an outstanding full-service planning 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.
Band 2
2 Shoosmiths LLPPlanning2025 | Band 2 | 10 Years RankedShoosmiths 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.
2 Winckworth SherwoodPlanning2025 | Band 2 | 10 Years RankedWinckworth 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.
Band 3
3 Addleshaw Goddard LLPPlanning2025 | Band 3 | 3 Years RankedAddleshaw Goddard acts for retail and development clients on contentious planning matters, including planning appeals and applications. It also has experience in planning enforcement and has been running enforcement appeals for clients affected by issues in local councils.3 Gateley LegalPlanning2025 | Band 3 | 9 Years RankedGateley Legal's Manchester-based practice advises on the full gamut of planning matters. The lawyers are experienced in assisting with sizeable infrastructure, regeneration and redevelopment schemes, along with retail and renewable energy projects. The team also has an established compulsory purchase and compensation offering, and assists a number of major house builders with planning matters.