About
Adam is a solicitor in the Planning and Compulsory Purchase team, and specialises in matters relating to the consenting of major infrastructure projects, promoting compulsory purchase orders and acting in judicial review proceedings with a focus on the renewable energy sector.
He advises major renewable energy developers on the consenting process for nationally significant infrastructure projects, including the negotiation of bespoke protective provisions with statutory undertakers and environmental impact assessments. He also advises on the promotion of compulsory purchase orders, as well as in relation to disputes relating to compulsory purchase compensation.
Adam regularly acts for landowners and developers in drafting and negotiating planning agreements, including s.106 and s.104 agreements, often for renewable energy or housing projects. He also acts in judicial review and statutory challenge proceedings.
Adam advises on common land and town and village green issues, including advising landowners on the risk of registration and the process of obtaining consent to carry out works on common land.
Experience
- Major offshore wind developer: Acting for a major offshore wind developer on a number of nationally significant infrastructure projects.
- Promotion of compulsory purchase orders: Acting on the promotion of complex compulsory purchase orders, including for highways and urban redevelopment schemes.
- The acquiring authority: Acting for the acquiring authority in a complex compulsory purchase compensation dispute in the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber).
- Major renewable energy developer: Acting for a major renewable energy developer in statutory challenge proceedings in the Planning Court.
- Landowners and statutory undertakers: Advising landowners and statutory undertakers in relation to common land and town and village green matters.
- Landowners and developers: Acting for landowners and developers in drafting and negotiating planning agreements, including s.106 and s.104 agreements, for renewable energy and housing.
Credentials
- Admitted as a solicitor: England & Wales (2023)