Shoosmiths LLP’s planning team assists a range of national clients at each stage of the planning process. The practice handles a range of contentious and non-contentious matters, from regeneration and CPO schemes, to High Court challenges and enforcement cases. Particular sectors of strength for the group include residential, elderly housing, and care homes. Kathryn Jump and Lisa Tye are the joint national heads of the practice, and Matt Nixon joined the team as legal director in March 2023 from Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP. Karen Howard left the firm in May 2023.
Testimonials
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‘Versatile skills and distinctive style, very personable, and relaxed working relationships.’
‘Lisa Tye has brilliant client care skills and is a relationship builder; she brings a lightness in her style while carrying weight with her professional skills.'
‘They are a trusted partner of ours as we've worked alongside them for many years. As a result, you know what to expect from each other. This helps move transactions along without the need for constant management of people and the processes.’
Key clients
- S & J Padfield and family
- DPE Estates
- Essex CC
- Attic Self Storage Limited
- Shearer Property Group
- Telereal Trillium
- GSE Group
- Impact Developments (Sevenoaks) Limited
- Storefast Solutions Limited
- Hill Residential
- Scott Properties
- Countryside
- Thurrock Council
- Ackroyd & Abbot Limited
- Vistry Partnerships London
- Frontier Estates Limited
- Perseus Land
- Taylor Wimpey
- Landtread
- BDW Trading Limited
- Stuart Mee and family
- William Lacey Group
- Vistry East Midlands
- Carebase
- London Borough of Hertsmere
- Churchill Retirement Living
- Jacuna Kitchens
Work highlights
- Acting for S & J Padfield on the redevelopment of two sites in Brentwood which been removed from the Green Belt as part of the recent Brentwood Local plan review process.
- Acting for Shearer Property Group in the Coventry scheme to transform Coventry City Centre through a mixed-use regeneration scheme, which is expected to deliver 1,300 homes, a hotel, a cinema, and restaurants, as well as co-working and community spaces.
- Advising the Hill Group on their planning application proposals for the regeneration of Ham Close, which will include 452 new homes, community facilities, and a range of public green spaces.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Kathryn Jump, Lisa Tye