Overview

Our team provides specialist planning application advice on complex planning matters. We advise on consultation strategy and community engagement to support planning applications. Our clients regularly include developers, local authorities and other statutory regulators.

Alongside our planning application advice, we have considerable experience addressing planning committees and undertaking negotiations directly with officers and in-house lawyers on mitigation agreements. In support of planning appeals we draft grounds of appeal, statements of common ground and advise on the drafting of expert evidence to be used within appeal proceedings. We are typically entrusted with the management of documents for planning appeals to be heard in public inquiries. We can undertake public inquiry advocacy ourselves or instruct counsel, as appropriate.

Areas of focus

Our expert lawyers provide comprehensive planning application advice and support, including the following:

  • Strategic advice on approaching planning applications.
  • Advising on grounds of appeal.
  • Facilitating negotiations or negotiating directly with officers and in-house lawyers.
  • Drafting mitigation agreements, grounds of appeal and settling of expert evidence.
  • Undertaking advocacy when needed.
Experience

Advising the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority on the community benefit structure for the extension of national low level radioactive waste repository near Drigg.

Negotiating the successful grant of consent under s36 of the Electricity Act 1989 for Nuon Renewables without the need for public inquiry at the Pen y Cymoedd wind farm site in South Wales.

Advising Redrow Homes in respect of its proposal for a 7,000-home garden city North West of Cardiff.

Advising Isle of Anglesey County Council on the Land and Lakes major leisure development.

Meet the team
Patrick Robinson

Patrick Robinson Consultant

  • Energy and Utilities
  • Infrastructure
  • Planning and Compulsory Purchase
Elizabeth Dunn

Elizabeth Dunn Partner

  • Energy and Utilities
  • Infrastructure
  • Real Estate
Julian Boswall

Julian Boswall Partner

  • Energy and Utilities
  • Infrastructure
  • Planning and Compulsory Purchase
Gary Soloman

Gary Soloman Partner

  • Head of Planning and Compulsory Purchase
  • Regeneration and Highways
  • Compulsory Purchase and Compensation

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The planning team at Burges Salmon is professional, proactive and responsive.
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