The planning and CPO practice at DWF handles compulsory purchase orders, planning permissions and strategic advice on diverse development projects, including road, rail, energy and regeneration work, where it often works closely with the firm’s broader real estate team on planning issues. The practice has a notable roster of public sector clients as well as key clients in energy space, including the National Grid, the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency and Hull Eco Park. Practice head Andrew Batterton has extensive experience in the planning space, particularly in consenting and land assembly codes. Further key contacts in the Leeds office include Stephanie Smith, who is well versed in the highway and section 106 agreements, and Ciar Donnelly, who assists with mixed-use regeneration and infrastructure schemes.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘A nimble, proactive and top-quality planning team. Well led and capable of providing a full-service incorporating planning, compulsory purchase and, importantly, very capable real estate advice when necessary on project work.’
‘Andrew Batterton is a terrific lawyer; smart, vastly experienced, pragmatic. He provides solutions.’
Key clients
- Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Nexus (Tyne & Wear Passenger Transport Executive)
Work highlights
- Advising Hull Eco Park Limited in respect of strategy to promote redevelopment of a net zero Yorkshire Energy Park, by the River Humber LNG.
- Advising National Grid Grain LNG on the promotion of increased storage capacity at its LNG Terminal, Isle of Grain Medway.