The principal value of land derives from the use to which it is put, or its potential use. Land value can be increased by obtaining the right planning permission or decreased if action is taken by the planning authority. Whether you are a developer, homeowner or business the right advice delivered at the right time will help you preserve the value of your greatest asset: your land and buildings.
I undertake all kinds of planning work:
- planning applications and objections
- appeals against refusal of permissions
- appeals against enforcement notices
- certificates of lawful use and development
- advising on land development potential
- advertisement applications and breaches
- defending planning prosecutions in the magistrates’ court and Crown Court
I work with planning consultants and expert witnesses where their expertise is necessary and can advise on the right person to be instructed.
Examples of work recently undertaken for clients
- Successful response to an appeal by Sainsbury’s Supermarkets plc for a supermarket and employment units, acting for West Devon Borough Council
- Acting for a national parks authority responding to an appeal against the refusal of a telecommunications mast
- Planning inquiry advocacy for a landowner served with three enforcement notices served against a dwelling in the green belt
- Defending a prosecution for failing to comply with an enforcement notice, and appeal against sentence in the Crown Court
- Acting for a planning authority in response to a s215 notice (untidy site) appeal in the magistrates’ court
- Prosecuting a failure to comply with an enforcement notice in the Crown Court
- Making an application for a certificate of lawful use of a dwelling and commercial workshop and discharging a s52 planning agreement in the Lands Tribunal
- Advising the Ministry of Defence on the development potential of Chelsea Barracks
