I am the head of planning at Cripps. I find the planning world fascinating because it is constantly evolving – it requires an ability to see the bigger picture as well as to focus on small details.
With over 20 years’ experience as a planning lawyer in both private practice and for central government, my role includes advising on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious planning for complex matters including large scale housing and mixed use development, regeneration schemes, commercial development, highways and infrastructure, judicial review, compulsory purchase and environmental regulation.
- I act for developers and strategic land promoters, housebuilders, local authorities and institutional investors on a range of large scale regeneration and development projects.
I enjoy working in collaboration with clients to help achieve their wider strategic goals and providing practical advice on the complex process of securing valuable planning consents to unlock the potential of development land.
I am ranked as Band 1 in Chambers & Partners UK and as a Leading Partner in Legal 500 in 2027.
Areas of expertise:
- Development advice and support
- Section 106 Agreements
- Planning applications (review and strategic advice)
- Highways and infrastructure
- Planning appeals and judicial review
- Compulsory purchase orders
- Community infrastructure levy
- Environmental regulatory framework
- Viability
- Certificates of lawfulness
- Permitted development
Qualifications and memberships
- Admitted as a solicitor in October 2006
If I'm unavailable, please contact:
Emma Everest
Legal Secretary +44 (0)1892 506 309 [email protected]
Eleanor Ash
Legal Secretary +44 (0) 1892 506 017 [email protected]
Shannon Coster
Legal Secretary Team Leader +44 (0)1892 489 590 [email protected]
Download PDFMy experience
Negotiation a section 106 agreement for the redevelopment of former food and retail units in a key town centre location to provide for 904 new homes with retail and commercial uses.
Advising on planning strategy and negotiation of a complex section 106 agreement to support the development of a 1,500-home community, which includes a care facility, retail, commercial and leisure provision.
Advising on the regeneration of a large residential estate and negotiating a section 106 agreement to support the planning application for new residential dwellings and improved community facilities.
How we made a difference
My thinking
Places and Spaces webinar: Small sites, big challenges?
Rethinking resilience: Why London’s planning system must catch up with it's ambitions
Places and Spaces webinar: It's not easy being green
Could 2025 be the year that developers transition from “Stayin’ Alive” to starting to thrive?
Places and Spaces webinar: Putting the romance back into planning
Places and Spaces webinar: Unveiling the future of urban planning - what you need to know
Hillside - a mountainous decision?
Tree felling licence conditions are not overridden by subsequent planning permission
Stonewater (2) Ltd v Wealden District Council [2021]
Cautionary Supreme Court judgment on interpretation of planning permission
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