Planning | UK

Pinsent Masons offers a planning team with a national reach and notable strength in infrastructure, housing development and energy matters. The team has additional experience in major urban extensions. It regularly advises public and private sector clients on contentious and non-contentious issues, often acting on high-profile and complex schemes. Pinsent Masons also advises both local authorities and promoters in relation to compulsory purchase matters.

Squire Patton Boggs' Yorkshire-based full-service planning offering has a national client base and notable strength in compulsory purchase and highways matters. The team offers expertise in a broad range of sectors, including renewable energy, residential development, transport and utilities. The lawyers regularly advise both private companies and local authorities, and are also adept at representing clients in planning appeals, major inquiries and judicial reviews.

Walker Morris is a regional presence offering a full range of planning services. The team frequently advises house builders on residential and mixed-use development and strategic land issues. It offers extensive expertise in contentious planning matters, including public inquiries, and also regularly handles compulsory purchase order matters.

Weightmans houses a solid planning team with significant expertise in infrastructure and energy projects. The team is adept at advising on residential developments and urban extension projects, as well as compulsory purchase orders. It also possesses additional experience representing clients in judicial review challenges.

DLA Piper offers the full range of planning services and industry expertise in infrastructure planning, as well as in residential and commercial development projects. The team is particularly adept at handling compulsory purchase and compensation issues. It regularly acts for a number of energy and utility companies, and offers significant expertise in representing promoters of transport schemes in infrastructure projects.