Nick McDonald
Partner
Nick advises on planning, infrastructure consenting and compulsory purchase, including on projects of regional and national significance.
Nick's experience
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Advising bp on all the consenting, environmental, and permitting aspects of the Net Zero Teesside and Northern Endurance Partnership, a nationally significant low-carbon power and CCS project. Also advising on bp’s Teesside hydrogen portfolio, including HyGreen (green hydrogen) and H2Teesside (blue hydrogen), the latter expected to deliver over 10% of the UK’s 2030 low-carbon hydrogen target.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advised the London Borough of Enfield as a developer on the drafting and negotiation of the Section 106 agreement for the Joyce and Snells regeneration scheme, a major hybrid planning application for a phased, residential-led mixed-use redevelopment. The scheme includes up to 2,028 homes, a new community centre, nursery, energy centre, and flexible commercial floorspace.
- £800m
- United Kingdom
- Professional & Public Services
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Advised the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, a local authority, on promoting and implementing a Compulsory Purchase Order for the Twickenham Riverside project, a mixed-use development, addressing compensation issues and supporting the Council's long-term regeneration ambitions.
- United Kingdom
- Professional & Public Services
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Advising BP on its blue hydrogen (H2Teesside, the largest hydrogen project in the UK) and green hydrogen (Hygreen) projects, both of which have Government support, with H2Teesside expected to provide 10% of the UK’s hydrogen needs.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advising the London Borough of Enfield on real estate, planning, site assembly, CPO, construction, procurement, complex GLA grant funding arrangements, and UK subsidy control law. Ever-changing regulatory requirements over the last year have led to redesigns and the need to potentially resubmit a significant planning application.
- £770m
- United Kingdom
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Advised a local governing body on the development and implementation of its strategy for the delivery of and investment in mixed tenure across the borough. This initiative is intended to act as the conduit for provision of all affordable housing promoted or sponsored by the Council in the entire borough.
- United Kingdom
- Government and public sector
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Advised London Borough of Waltham Forest in relation to its Avenue Road Estate housing regeneration project. Avenue Road Estate is a Council estate which is a key priority site within the South Leytonstone Strategic Location.
- £100m
- United Kingdom
- Real Estate
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Advising Viridor Energy on the development of their state-of-the-art carbon capture & storage (CCS) project to be constructed at its Energy from Waste facility in Runcorn, North West England.
- United Kingdom
- Government and public sector
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Advised Spray Street Quarter LLP on the planning aspects of the regeneration of the land between Plumstead Road and Spray Street around the Grade II listed Former Woolwich Covered Market with a residential-led, mixed-use development which will include commercial, business, community and service use.
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
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Advising the London Borough of Wandsworth on the promotion of a planning application for the regeneration of the Alton Housing Estate.
- United Kingdom
- Planning & environment
Credentials
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2008Joined Pinsent Masons
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2006Qualified - England and Wales
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2004Berwin Leighton Paisner, LLP, Associate
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2004College of Law, York, LPC
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2002University of Leeds - LLB
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