Ashurst

Real Estate

Partner, Co-Head of Planning and Environment

Claire has been described in the legal directories as a “leader in the field of planning”.

She specialises in all aspects of contentious and non-contentious planning law. She helps clients on strategy and policy at the inception of a development scheme, planning applications, environmental impact assessment, planning agreements, the community infrastructure levy and appeals and judicial review.

Claire has advised the public and private sector on some of the country’s most notable and iconic development and infrastructure projects. She has been described in Chambers as “an excellent legal mind and a brilliant team player”.

Claire is a Leading Individual in Chambers UK (band 1) and Legal 500. She has featured in The Lawyer’s “Hot 100” and numerous polls of influential people in the planning industry.

She is the Vice Chair of the British Property Federation’s planning committee and a member of the Oxford Joint Planning Law Conference Committee.