Often handling sizeable regeneration schemes, Trowers & Hamlins LLP is well-versed in build to rent schemes and s106 agreements. With over two decades of experience, Jacqueline Backhaus leads the practice and specialises in highway planning matters. Rob Walker is highly proficient in compulsory purchase orders, and Marisia Robson is a key contact for developers and local authorities, while Imogen Anderson is focused on estate regeneration work.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The Trowers team is knowledgeable, helpful, and above all, willing to make themselves available to provide advice on complex planning matters.’
- 'Their willingness to make themselves available at short notice for strategic discussions has helped the project team enormously.’
- ‘I am confident that they have the specialist knowledge that I require and it is clear through their work that they have significant experience in dealing with local authority clients and understanding their particular needs.’
- ‘We have worked closely with Jacqueline Backhaus, who provided consistently clear advice on complex planning matters.'
- 'Jacqueline Backhaus is able to efficiently get to the nub of a matter, provides sound advice, and exudes authority.'
- 'Marisia Robson is efficient, highly responsive, and provides high quality advice both orally and in writing. Marisia is very good at taking the time to be available to discuss issues and understand what the client needs.’
Key clients
- London Borough of Enfield
- Richmond Housing Partnership
- Peabody Group
- Watkin Jones Group PLC
- Ellison Oxford Limited / Ellison Institute of Technology
- Hyde Housing Association Limited; London Homebuilding Partnership LLP
- Clarion Housing Group
- Museum of London
- Stevenage Borough Council
- Leicestershire County Council
- Grosvenor Investments Limited
- London Borough of Islington
- London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- Norwich City Council
- Senior Living Investment Partnership and Audley Group
- Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
- Stevenage Borough Council
- Gravesham Borough Council
- London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- Farnborough Airport Limited
Work highlights
- Advising Clarion on all the planning and CPO aspects of a large regeneration programme in the London Borough of Merton, seeking to comprehensively redevelop three housing estates.
- Advising on a planning application for a life sciences campus.
- Acting for a council on the redevelopment of 99 City Road, to create a new 35 storey tall building.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jacqueline Backhaus