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Marnix Elsenaar

Marnix Elsenaar

Work Department

Planning.

Position

Heads Addleshaw Goddard’s planning team and leads the housing group. Advises developers, funders and public sector clients on planning, compulsory purchase and compensation law. Particular specialisms are the retail, housing and rail sectors. Work includes reviewing and de-risking planning application documents, particularly environmental statements, negotiating section 106 agreements and managing public inquiries whether in the context of an appeal, call-in or compulsory purchase order. Marnix has led teams in relation to major city centre mixed use schemes, tall building and retail inquiries and is currently leading teams advising on major housing developments, including a number of high profile PRS developments, objections to development consent and Transport and Works Act orders and major retail schemes.

Career

Partner DLA Piper; associate Ashurst; associate Herbert Smith; joined Addleshaw Goddard as a partner in 2010.

Languages

English, Dutch, German, French.

Memberships

Compulsory Purchase Association; Home Builders Federation.

Education

Castle School, Thornbury, Bristol; University of Exeter (LLB); UCL (LLM public law).

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