United Kingdom - Scotland • Real estate
Addleshaw Goddard
The Glasgow-based Sarah Baillie heads up Addleshaw Goddard‘s planning and infrastructure team; she is also an essential contact within the firm’s power sector work, which reflects her strong profile in energy consenting matters. The team, which also includes the Edinburgh-based legal director Fiona Gordon, acts for private and public sector clients on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious planning matters, including retail, housing, mixed-use and regeneration developments.
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Testimonials
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‘Sarah Baillie is widely experienced in planning law. She works effectively and in a relaxed manner to produce desired outcomes and inspire client confidence.'
‘Astute and commercially minded individuals with a broad range of experience and expertise across planning and development specialisms.'
‘Pragmatic, straight-talking and solution focused.'
'I am regularly impressed by the desire to cut through unnecessary procedures to find the most appropriate, robust and easiest solution to challenges.'
'Fiona Gordon provides excellent assistance where appropriate, and is proactive, client-focused and driven to find the best solution.’
Key clients
- SSEN Transmission plc
- SSE Renewables
- Scotland Gas Networks plc
- Alcemi Storage Developments UK Group of Companies
- Scottish National Investment Bank
- Aldi Stores Limited
- Robertson Property
- Redrock Power
- Dandara
- Clackmannanshire Council
- Strawson Holdings
- Legal & General
- Highlands & Islands Airports Limited
- Murray Group
- Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
Work highlights
- Advising Alcemi Storage Developments UK Limited on consenting matters across a £5bn portfolio of commercial energy storage developments, with a mission to facilitate a zero-carbon power system.
- Assisting Aldi Stores Ltd with the development of new stores, including advising on judicial reviews and drafting planning agreements and appeals to the Scottish Ministers.
- Ongoing advice to Strawson Holdings Limited / Omnivale Limited on all Scottish sites, including a long-running appeal against a refusal of permission for housing by Fife Council.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Sarah Baillie