Looking to limit environmental liability in your brownfield site acquisition or sale? Want to keep your project on the cutting edge of environmental sustainability? Developing strategies to comply with new environmental regulations? We help clients manage environmental issues and get the most out of new law and opportunities.

With increasing aversion to environmental risk but where benefits of environmental innovation are widening, we combine legal expertise and an unfussy, commercially-driven approach to limit liabilities and get your deal over the line, help keep your compliance strategy on track, and help realise the benefits of environment-related innovations.

We advise developers, contractors, occupiers, public authorities, consultants, registered providers and individuals on a range of land use and operational issues affecting their property and business of land interests.

Getting the authorised planning use correct is key. Knowing what constitutes lawful operation is vital. Understanding what is, or could be, the authorised planning use for, or lawful operation on, land is key. We provide clear, pragmatic advice and can assist in securing the appropriate consents where required.
We are experienced in the negotiation of statutory planning, highway and utility agreements. We handle appeals, call-ins and compulsory purchase issues.

Getting planning right is critical – getting it wrong can be disastrous.