England - London • Real estate
Irwin Mitchell
Irwin Mitchell advises clients across the country on both contentious and non-contentious planning matters. The team has expertise in environmental issues, including contaminated land and the regeneration of brownfield sites. Nicola Gooch is the lead partner for the South, handling large-scale, mixed-use developments and advising a number of developers. Sejal Patel was promoted to senior associate in May 2022, and has led on some of the team’s largest development projects. Practice head Claire Petricca-Riding is based in Manchester.
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- 'Excellent service, with their highest calibre planning lawyers carefully and simply describing all the key information to us.'
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Key clients
- Millwall Football Club
- Artisan Saltaire Limited
- Chase New Homes Limited
- Chesterfield House Management Limited
- Whitley Parish Council
- Wilter Associates Limited
- Berkeley Homes
- Jaspar Group
- EC1 Residences Limited
- Soho Estates
Work highlights
- Advised Millwall Football Club on their application for a brand new, state of the art, football academy and training ground in West Kingsdown, Sevenoaks.
- Advised Chase New Homes on the first residential permission granted directly by the Planning Inspectorate under section 62A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, after Uttlesford District Council was placed in special measures due to an unacceptable number of major planning decisions being overturned at appeal.
- Advising Soho Estates on residual post-development issues involving their flagship development at Ilona Rose House.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Claire Petricca-Riding