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Planning is a complex and specialist area involving numerous stakeholders. Whatever your part in the process, our insight, innovation and experience means we can help you navigate the planning regimes with confidence.

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Experts in securing consents for national infrastructure projects

Development consent orders (DCOs), transport and works act orders (TWAOs), hybrid bills and harbour orders (HROs and HEOs)

UK’s largest planning team with 100+ specialists in their fields

including planning litigators and advocates, parliamentary agents, legal project managers, a leading planning academic and a former lead examining inspector

Acting on the UK’s largest regeneration and repurposing schemes

Innovative strategies and solutions across the planning lifecycle to deliver new public realm and infrastructure supporting private and public sector development

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Our latest work

Our advisers act on domestic and international matters of all shapes and sizes, working with many of the leading names in the market. Browse our experience below, or use the filters to look-up recent work in particular geographies and industry sectors.

  • Tilt Renewables Australia Pty Ltd

    Advising Tilt Renewables on the planning and environmental issues associated with the Rye Park Wind Farm, the Liverpool Range Wind Farm, the Palmer Wind Farm and the Boco Rock Wind Farm.

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    Advised a public sector development corporation on a complex, multi-party land and infrastructure arrangement for a new transport tunnel, including the tunnel lease, property and construction interfaces, pre-emption risk, completion conditions, stakeholder arrangements and registration requirements.

  • Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd

    Advised Veolia, an environmental services and waste management company, on a range of environmental and planning issues relating to several waste projects.

  • Thames Water Utilities Limited

    Advised Thames Water on strategic, planning and consenting aspects of a significant water transfer project, including on regulatory submissions.

  • Acciona Construction Australia Pty Ltd and Genus Infrastructure (NSW) Pty Ltd

    Advised the Humelink West Joint Venture on planning and environmental issues related to the Humelink Transmission Project in New South Wales.

  • Port of Tilbury London Limited

    Advising Port of Tilbury London Limited, a major UK port operator, on port development and expansion, from the successful Tilbury 2 DCO for a new aggregates and RoRo port (2019) through to the Tilbury 3 planning consent (2026), including protecting its interests against third party infrastructure proposals affecting its land.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    Advised the UK Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on a planning application for a London memorial and learning centre, including redetermination following judicial review, legislative changes enabling development, updates to the application and environmental impact assessment, design options addressing parliamentary assurances, and preparing representations for the redetermination process

  • Latimer Developments Limited

    Advising Latimer on a residential-led development Green Belt development of up to 700 homes. Following policy changes, we developed a planning strategy based on Grey Belt and very special circumstances arguments. Our advice has included a stewardship strategy for the proposed country park and wider development.

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    Advising a D&C bidding JV in its tender for The New England Renewable Energy Zone, a major NSW transmission line, with the zone expected to attract up to $24 bn (AUD) in private investment.

  • Lovell Partnerships Limited

    Advised leading partnerships housing developer Lovell on its strategic partnership agreement with Birmingham City Council, marking a major step forward in the £1 billion regeneration of the Druids Heath estate in south Birmingham.

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With over 490 partners and 3000 people around the world, we are well-placed to support you across a full range of legal and advisory services.

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Pinsent Masons bolsters Dublin office with new corporate tax partner James Quirke

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed new partner James Quirke to lead its corporate tax team in Dublin.

Pinsent Masons advises White Energy Company on acquisition of South Galilee Coal Project

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised White Energy Company Limited (ASX: WEC) on its agreement to acquire the entities that own the South Galilee Coal Project from the AMCI Group.

Pinsent Masons advises IFC on landmark Islamic green financing for The Sustainable City - Yiti in Oman

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, on a landmark Islamic green financing supporting the development of the Plaza District within The Sustainable City - Yiti in Muscat, Oman.

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