Planning - North East
What the Team is Known For
Womble Bond Dickinson UK advises on a full range of planning and highways matters, including compulsory purchase order work. The team also regularly deals with transport-related matters, and acts for a national client base including developers, local authorities, landowners, house builders and energy companies. The lawyers also have experience representing clients in planning litigation and planning inquiries, and advise on major regeneration, infrastructure and redevelopment schemes.
Strengths
"The firm always provides prompt, clear, strategic and reasoned advice that clearly comes from years of experience."
"The team brings a diverse range of experience and expertise including technical and interpersonal skills, which helped generate creative solutions to the challenges we faced."
Work Highlights
Womble Bond Dickinson advised Solar 21 Renewable Energy on an application for a development consent order for a green energy park in Lincolnshire.
Notable Practitioners
Stephen Dagg is well versed in handling a wide range of planning matters, with particular experience in national highway and railway infrastructure projects. He is also skilled at defending judicial review claims.
Rachel Sykes's increased prominence in the planning market is due to the range of support she provides clients. This spans from planning application reviews to issues pertaining to compulsory application powers. "Rachel Sykes is very capable."