Suzanne Tucker

Town and Country Planning

Suzanne is Head of the Planning Team, and an Associate at the Firm, and has been specialising in Planning work since 2008.

Suzanne works with landowners and developers with all aspects of planning, ultimately with a view to seeking to maximise land value, whether that is through securing planning permission (through land promotion, planning applications, appeals against refusal of planning permission, statutory challenges to appeal decisions and Judicial Review), or through securing certificates of lawfulness and defending enforcement action. Suzanne handles all the complexities that arise through the planning process, which incorporates a diverse range of issues encompassing ecology, landscape, heritage, highways, trees, drainage and visual impact and amenity and more.

Suzanne is experienced at dealing with Option and Promotions Agreements, and complex development agreements (e.g. 's106' planning obligations, 's38' / 's278' Agreements for the adoption of highways, and 's104' Agreements for the adoption of drainage).

Suzanne obtained a BA (Hons) Degree in Ancient History and Archaeology in 1999 before training in Law at Keele University in 2004 and then gaining the Legal Practice Course with Distinction at Staffordshire University in 2005.