Town and Country Planning

Town and country planning

We advise on all planning-related matters including:
  • the development and use of land and buildings
  • the provision of roads and infrastructure
  • securing all necessary development consents
  • planning inquiries
  • advocacy
  • acquisition and disposal of development land and interests
  • environmental issues
  • CLEUD/CLOPUD applications
  • enforcement notices
  • section 106 agreements
  • representation in magistrates courts
  • compulsory purchase and compensation

We pride ourselves on providing commercial town and country planning advice to both private and public sector clients who value a very personal service.

Examples of work undertaken by the team

  • Advised and assisted on the review and adoption of the London Borough of Camden’s Unitary Development Plan,
  • Assisted on the issues relating to the compulsory purchase of sites across King’s Cross, under the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Bill
  • Attended the Transport Select Committee in the House of Commons.
  • Assisting and advising Camden Council on the Judicial Review of the Swiss Cottage Redevelopment Project
  • Enforcement actions and appeals in relation to breach of planning controls to the Shaw Park Plaza Hotel
  • Development of () (part of this project tied in with Community Infrastructure Funding “CIF”)
  • Acting for AGP (Greater Peterborough) in conjunction with Peterborough City Council and LSP (Local Strategic hip) - strategic advice resulted in the allocation of into the Prescott Plan for the purposes of inward investment/growth. Consequently, ODPM allocated 2,000 new homes to Peterborough
  • Remodeling of West Coast Mainline Railworks
  • Highway CPO for Oxfordshire County Council for bridge widening
  • Breach of planning control in relation to the British Museum
  • Acted for Warwick District Council in relation to prosecuting under the Sunday Trading Act
For more information on town and country planning advice, please contact Pritpal Singh Swarn or David Elliott.
Pictured: Planning notice