Jon Riley
Partner, Head of Office, Leeds
Jon specialises in advising both the public and private sectors on projects of regional and national significance.
Jonathan's experience
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Advising the West Yorkshire Combined Authority on all workstreams related to the development of a new mass transit system for the region, including the consenting strategy and land acquisition. The first phase of the project includes one line running through Leeds and another connecting Leeds and Bradford.
- United Kingdom
- Professional & Public Services
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Advised South Gloucestershire Council on planning and infrastructure agreements for the Brabazon Airfield redevelopment at Filton, including the negotiations on the framework and site-specific s106 agreements with multiple landowners and advised on amendments to the Arena s106. Ongoing advice provided on the revised masterplan application.
- United Kingdom
- Professional & Public Services
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Advised South Gloucestershire Council, a local authority, on promoting a link road to connect Junction 1 of the M49, including compulsory purchase options, planning permissions, and negotiations with landowners, with funding committed by the Department for Transport.
- United Kingdom
- Professional & Public Services
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Advising WYCA on establishing a £20m commercial investment fund, recommendations for proposals of a £2.5bn mass transit system for West Yorkshire, establishing internal staff D & I networks, funding agreements channelling £67m fund to unlock numerous development sites across the region and funding projects in listed Temple Works in Leeds.
- £2.5bn
- United Kingdom
- Real Estate
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Advised Cumbria County Council (prior to local government reorganisation) on the delivery of the £100m+ Carlisle Southern Link Road to provide vital infrastructure and network capacity to enable the successful and accelerated delivery of 10,000 new homes in St Cuthbert's Garden Village.
- £130m
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
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Advising IAMP LLP, a joint venture between South Tyneside Council and Sunderland City Council, on the delivery of the biggest development in North East England, the International Advanced Manufacturing Park (IAMP).
- £300m
- United Kingdom
- Government and public sector
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Advised South Gloucestershire Council on its planning applications for a 17,000 seat entertainment venue, together with associated amendments to the Filton Airfield masterplan comprising over 2,600 homes, a commercial quarter and new major transport links including a new railway station.
- United Kingdom
- Government and public sector
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Advising Leeds City Council who have allocated land for 5,000 new homes in its planning policies. We are supporting the Council in their engagement with developers and landowners, advising on the delivery of the first planning application within the East Leeds Extension and the delivery of an associated major new road – the East Leeds Orbital Route (ELOR).
- £100m
- United Kingdom
- Planning & environment
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Advising National Railway, Homes England and Network Rail on their application for an order to close part of Leeman Road. This is necessary to allow the expansion of the National Railway Museum and other elements of the development to proceed. The application received c400 objections from local people.
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
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Advising Lowell on a pre-let at Thorpe Park Leeds, representing the largest single out of town office deal ever recorded in West Yorkshire. The deal won “office deal of the year“ at the Yorkshire Property Awards 2021.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
Credentials
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2005Joined Pinsent Masons
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2000Addleshaw Goddard, Solicitor
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1999Wilbraham & Co, Solicitor
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1998Qualified - England and Wales
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1997Keble College, Oxford, Lecturer
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1996Govnille & Caius College, Cambridge – LLM
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1995College of Law, Chester – LPC
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1994Herbert Smith, Solicitor
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1993St John's College, Oxford – BA Jurisprudence
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