Shoosmiths LLP

Will is a Principal Associate and has experience acting for a variety of clients in the private and public sector. He provides general strategic and site specific planning advice. Will has also handled a number of planning appeals and High Court challenges and is known for his calm, considered and client-centric approach.

Recent experience includes:

• Drafting and negotiating complex Section 106/infrastructure agreements, including a recent agreement in respect of a large urban extension scheme comprising of over 4000 dwellings.
• Acting for a landowner appealing a planning enforcement notice in respect of a site used for temporary stadium parking.
• Defending a judicial review challenge brought against a local planning authority which alleged, amongst other things, that the authority had failed to take into account information required by the environmental impact assessment regulations.
• Advising a landowner in respect of an appeal against a s.215 Notice.
• Advising applicants and local authorities in respect of applications for certificates of lawful use and development.
• Advising a community group in relation to the listing of a building as an asset of community value (ACV).
• Advising developers and landowners in relation to permitted development rights.
• Advising developers and landowners in relation to the application of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) regulations on new development.
• Drafting and negotiating Section 38/278 Agreements, Section 104 Agreements and Section 111 Agreements.