Jonathan Bower

Real estate: planning and infrastructure.

Jonathan is a partner and head of the planning and Infrastructure team. His expertise includes major infrastructure, compulsory purchase orders (CPOs), highways, town and country planning and compensation. Jonathan acts for several local authorities and commercial clients both promoting and opposing schemes including a retail and highway schemes for local authorities and a gas storage scheme requiring CPO powers. He has promoted a CCGT power station and offshore wind farms requiring Development Consent Orders and has acted for statutory undertakers making representations in connection with other schemes.  He appeared as a Parliamentary Agent for a number of petitioners in the House of Commons on HS2 and represented some petitioners in the House of Lords.  Jonathan acts on a number of Lands Tribunal compensation claims for both claimants and acquiring authorities. He also lectures regularly on CPOs & development and has written articles on both policy and legal issues.  He is a council member of the National Infrastructure Planning Association.   - See more at: http://www.legal500.com/firms/910-bond-dickinson-llp/offices/7971-bristol-england/lawyers/113284#sthash.C8C3gB6E.dpuf