Ashtons Legal

Planning

Partner

Over her many years in practice, Amy has developed a strong reputation in the East Anglian region for her skills as a planning lawyer. Ranked as a 'Leading Individual' in the Legal 500, clients appreciate her friendly and approachable manner, but robust and commercial advice.

Her practice area is large and covers a wide range of planning issues, but her work submitting planning applications has given her a strong working knowledge of development control aspects of development.

She is an ex-local authority solicitor, so knows and understands the planning system from both sides. Her specialisms include:

drafting and negotiating infrastructure agreements project development and appraisal planning appeals submission of planning applications enforcement issues certificates of lawfulness defending planning prosecutions public rights of way issues, including diversions and definitive map modification orders.

Her client base is wide-ranging and includes residential developers, agricultural and equine-related development, commercial buildings, affordable housing providers, local planning authorities, Parish Councils, and private individuals. Over the years, she has forged a strong reputation for advising on equine development and Class Q Permitted Development conversions. Amy does act for individuals and often objects to planning applications for residents concerned about neighbouring developments.

Recent work includes drafting and negotiating an s106 agreement for a care home, nursery and residential development, acting for a residents association regarding the Development Consent Order at Sizewell C, objecting to a Modification Order to the Definitive Map to establish a footpath on her client’s land, undertake a site feasibility of a development of up to 400 houses, and objecting to a planning application for a ‘dark kitchen’ with associated noise and odour nuisance issues.

English

Law Society

College of Law (Chester) – 1996-1997