Recent years has seen many changes in the UK planning system, implemented with a view to speeding up the application process and improving the approach to assessing development projects
Colchester and the surrounding area has been very active with the "Renaissance" projects and developers look forward to further activity with major expansion of the transport infrastructure and the approach of the Olympics in 2012 and its impact on the region.
Whatever your planning needs, our Planning Group headed up by Tom McPhie, a former Borough Principal Solicitor is there to help.
The team specialises in advising on planning matters extending from general advice and drafting planning agreements to prosecution work.
We advise investors, developers and public sector bodies throughout this period of change. We work on both public and private sector projects covering a wide range of office, retail, leisure, residential and mixed-use schemes.
We advise on all aspects of the planning process from project inception through to consent. This includes:
- Strategic planning advice
- S.106 agreements : (planning obligations)
- Urban regeneration
- Infrastructure agreements
- Appeals
- Development Plans and Regional Spatial Strategies
- Certificates of Lawfulness
- Enforcement
- Dispute Resolution
For further information about our services or to discuss a particular project or situation, please contact Tom McPhie on
01206 719633 or by email
