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Provided by Heather Sargent
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Heather is ranked fourth in the list of top-rated junior planning barristers in the Planning Law Survey 2023 and has been listed in the top five juniors for the past four years.
Her experience includes:
- Acting for both developers and local planning authorities on several central London tall building schemes.
- Advising Gatwick Airport on its proposed DCO to bring its existing standby runway into routine use.
- Defending two judicial review challenges to the 2019 NPPF for MHCLG.
- Defending six judicial review challenges to the Airports NPS (which provides policy support for a third runway at Heathrow) for the Secretary of State for Transport.
- Appearing at the London Plan examination (for the London Borough of Enfield) and for site promoters at the Guildford, Wealden, Tandridge and Welwyn Hatfield Local Plans.
- Advising the acquiring authority on a CPO for a £37m road scheme (sole counsel) and acting for the acquiring authority on both the Tunbridge Wells Borough Council (Calverley Square) CPO (theatre, civic centre and office scheme) and the London Borough of Enfield (Alma Estate Regeneration) CPO.
- Acting for both appellants and local planning authorities on major housing schemes including Wisley Airfield, Guildford (2,000 units); Peel Hall, Warrington (1,200 units); and two sustainable urban extensions in Northampton.
Heather is an Assistant Editor of the Encyclopedia of Planning Law and Practice, for which she focuses on heritage matters.
Heather is fluent in French and speaks basic Welsh.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Heather Sargent is widely regarded as a rising star, with particular expertise in infrastructure, housing and compulsory purchase matters. Her practice includes high-level judicial review and statutory challenge work, and she has appeared as sole counsel before the Court of Appeal. She is a member of the Attorney General's B Panel and the Welsh Government's B Panel.
Heather Sargent is frequently instructed to appear in a range of cases and judicial reviews relating to all manner of environmental issues, from airport developments to conservation. She has notable expertise in permitting matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Heather's advice and drafting was of the highest quality. Her advocacy was clear, concise and responsive to the nature of the matter. She was a pleasure to work with and secured an excellent result."
"She provides clear and commercial advice. She is a really strong barrister and a team player."
"Heather is great fun to work with. She provides a high level of service in a friendly approachable manner."
"Heather is able to get a good read of the room and respond accordingly when in an advocacy position ensuring the client's best interests are progressed."
"Heather is able to cut through complex issues and explain them simply for clients and is organised and efficient."
"Heather's advice and drafting was of the highest quality. Her advocacy was clear, concise and responsive to the nature of the matter. She was a pleasure to work with and secured an excellent result."
"She provides clear and commercial advice. She is a really strong barrister and a team player."
"Heather is great fun to work with. She provides a high level of service in a friendly approachable manner."
"Heather is able to get a good read of the room and respond accordingly when in an advocacy position ensuring the client's best interests are progressed."
"Heather is able to cut through complex issues and explain them simply for clients and is organised and efficient."
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