England - South West • Real estate

Osborne Clarke LLP

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Renewable energy, energy infrastructure, and residential development are key focus areas for Osborne Clarke LLP‘s planning unit. The team’s offering spans contentious work and strategic advice, working on issues such as biodiversity net gain, overlapping consents, and nutrient neutrality. Practice chair Neil Bromwich has considerable experience of advising on major renewable energy projects. He often works alongside Josh Taylor, who is well versed in Development Consent Orders (DCOs) and infrastructure agreements, while Richard Harding leads the team’s residential development offering. Laura Cooke and Arthur Hopkinson are further names to note.

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Key clients

  • Ecotricity
  • Barratt David Wilson Homes
  • Taylor Wimpey
  • National Grid Electricity Distribution PLC
  • Low Carbon
  • Wessex Water (Entrade)
  • Bloor Homes Limited
  • Vodafone Limited
  • Enso Energy
  • Countryside Properties

Work highlights

  • Acting as sole planning adviser for Ecotricity regarding one of the UK's largest proposed solar farms.
  • Advising Taylor Wimpey in connection with the proposed development of c.300 dwellings on a site that straddles the boundaries of two borough councils.
  • Advised Barratt David Wilson Homes in connection with the 'First Homes Phase 2 Pilot'.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Next Generation Partners

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Neil Bromwich

Other key lawyers

Josh Taylor, Richard Harding, Laura Cooke, Arthur Hopkinson