Richard Ford
Partner
Richard co-leads our Garden Communities team, advising on over 30 Garden Communities across the UK. He specialises in the full life cycle for Garden Communities projects, and Locally Led New Town Development Corporations and other delivery vehicles. With Stewardship, he advises on data trusts for Garden Communities to achieve ESG outcomes.
Richard's experience
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Advising Sovereign Hill Partnership on the UK’s largest regional city centre estate regeneration, involving up to 10,000 homes at West Basingstoke. Our role includes planning strategy, local plan promotion, and advice on potential compulsory purchase and highways orders. This transformative project supports long-term housing delivery and urban renewal in the region.
- United Kingdom
- Real Estate
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Advising East Midlands Freeport, a regional trade hub, on one of the UK’s largest strategic rail freight interchange and logistics projects for the UK’s only inland freeport, including planning strategy, Local Plan advice, land matters, remediation matters, transport matters as well as road improvements and a new bridge.
- United Kingdom
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Advising Story Homes in relation to their proposed Cuerdale Garden Community which aims to deliver up to 2,300 dwellings and 252,500 sqm of employment floorspace. A first phase planning application has been submitted and we are working closely with the professional team in providing clear strategic and legal support to maximise prospects of securing a grant.
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
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Advising Tewkesbury Borough Council on the delivery of Tewkesbury Garden Town, which comprises of circa 10,000 homes and circa 100 hectares of employment development.
- United Kingdom
- Government and public sector
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Advised L&Q Estates on promotion of its 5,000 home Wixams new town near Bedfordshire. This included local plan promotion, related minerals and waste local plan inquiry, major planning application, EIA, s.106 agreement and infrastructure advice, including a major new station. Phase 1 has been delivered with road infrastructure and remediation.
- United Kingdom
- Real Estate
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Advising two Northamptonshire Councils on the promotion of Tresham Garden Village, a new community involving up to 2,000 affordable homes, new recreational facilities, schools and accessible transport.
- United Kingdom
- Government and public sector
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Acting for Arqiva Limited on the restoration of a damaged radio signal serving Teeside, County Durham and North Yorkshire, England, following a fire which damaged the Bilsdale Mast.
- United Kingdom
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Advised L&Q Estates and the Homes and Communities Agency on their joint promotion of the 10,000 home Northstowe new town scheme near Cambridge, working closely with South Cambridgeshire District Council and Cambridgeshire County Council. Northstowe is the first new town of 10,000 new homes plus to be built in the UK for 50 years.
- United Kingdom
- Real Estate
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Advised Guildford Council on a successful Housing Infrastructure Fund grant agreement for Ash Road Bridge.
- United Kingdom
- Planning & environment
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Advising Guildford Borough Council on the Weyside Urban Village project which is a significant regeneration project which will deliver 1,500 homes, a new sewage treatment facility, new waste transfer facility, commercial depot, commercial/industrial units, infrastructure and upgraded public realm.
- United Kingdom
- Property
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