This is us We are a specialist planning law firm set up at the end of 2016 by some of the leading figures in the planning law sector. We advise on all aspects of planning law, across England and Wales. We act for a range of clients, including developers, landowners, and public authorities. One of our partners is a leading planning barrister, which is one of the things that sets Town apart and provides added value to clients, in terms of the quality and speed of our advice. We are the most highly rated planning law firm in the country, according to Planning magazine’s 2019 annual planning law survey. We are listed in The Times survey, Best Law Firms 2020. “One consultant described Town Legal as ‘a fresh new practice which seems to be attracting some of the best planning law talent’. Another said: ’Their advice is as good as you’ll get anywhere, but it’s given without fuss and with charm a that fits perfectly with what they got away from their corporate backgrounds to start; a law firm with personality’.” (Planning magazine annual planning law survey 2019) www.townlegal.com OUR WORK INCLUDES: • Strategic planning law advice • Corporate and real estate transaction • Legal audit of planning applications support • Section 106 and other planning • Community Infrastructure Levy agreements • Legal advice in relation to environmental • Planning appeals, call-ins, inquiries, impact assessment and related EU hearings, written representations legislation • Local plan examinations • Certificates of lawfulness • Litigation- judicial review and legal • Rights of light and appropriation of land challenges for planning purposes • Highways law • Heritage law • CPO and compensation law (including • Rating Law conducting claims in the Upper Tribunal) ’Town Legal is one of the few firms with the real, in-depth in-house knowledge necessary to manage complex compulsory purchase claims effectively.’ ’There is no better specialist planning law team in London.’ ‘A perfect combination of commercial acumen and forensic knowledge of the planning world.’ (Testimonials in Legal 500, 2019) 1 Our clients include: • 22 Bishopsgate Limited Partnership • Derwent London • A2 Dominion • Elysian Residences • Arbury Estate • Far East Consortium • Asra Housing Association • Fawley Waterside • Battersea Power Station Development • First Base Company • Francis Crick Institute • Bellway Homes • Freightliner • BentallGreenOak • Galliard Homes • Berkeley Homes • Gleeson Strategic Land • British Land • Goldcrest Land • Brockton Capital • Great Marlborough Estates • Burhill Group Estates • Great Portland Estates • Canary Wharf Group • Greenwich Hospital • Capital & Regional • Greystar • Car Giant • HB Reavis • Carmarthenshire County Council • IM Properties • Church Commissioners of England • Imperial College • Churchill Retirement Living • Ironmongers’ Livery Company • CIT Group • JP Morgan • City and Provincial • Lands Improvement Holdings • Coin Street Community Builders • Lavanda Ventures • Constable Homes • Lincoln MGT • DAMAC group • London City Airport • Danescroft Land • London Hotel Group • David Wilson Homes • London Metropolitan University 2 • London Strategic Land • SEGRO • Londonewcastle • Sellar • Maximus Networks • South Hams District Council • Mayfield Market Towns Limited • Southern Housing Group • Merseyside Pension Fund • St George • Meyer Bergman • St James • Milton Park Estate • St Mary’s University • Mount Anvil • St William • Native Land • Stanhope • Nine Elms Property • Stansted Airport • Paddy Power Betfair • Taylor Wimpey • Penzance Heliport • Telereal Trillium • Plymouth City Council • Telford Homes • Probitas • The Collective • Queen Mary University of London • The Crown Estate • Quinn Estates • Tishman Speyer • Quintain • Transport for London • Richborough Estates • U+I • Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS • Waterbeach Development Company Foundation Trust • West Devon Borough Council • Royal Mail Group • Worshipful Company of Brewers • Saco Group • Yodel • Sandby • Satnam Millennium • SAV Development 3 Our partners (Back) Duncan Field, Raj Gupta, Clare Fielding, Meeta Kaur, Mary Cook, Patrick Robinson, Michael Gallimore (Front) Louise Samuel, Simon Ricketts, Elizabeth Christie “Sought-after planning boutique, home to industry specialists with a wealth of experience in high-profile regeneration and development projects.” (Chambers UK Guide, 2019) 4 PARTNER Elizabeth Christie [email protected] 07931 870 569 | 0203 893 0380 Elizabeth spent nine years at Herbert Smith Freehills before becoming one of Town’s founding partners. She has a wide-ranging planning practice, including advising on tall buildings, PRS, heritage issues, and major regeneration schemes. Experience 22 Bishopsgate Limited Partnership 22 Bishopsgate Lendlease and London & Continental Railways International Quarter, Stratford City British Land Broadgate Estate Imperial College Perfume Factory, North Acton Francis Crick Institute Francis Crick Institute Danescroft Land Clock House and Access House, Bromley-by-Bow Brockton Capital Post Building, Camden Market Tech Holdings Hawley Wharf, Camden Lock Market, Stables Market 5 PARTNER Mary Cook [email protected] 07909 964 015 | 0203 893 0381 Experience Development schemes & strategic land Mary has particular experience in advice: Mary regularly offers early Retirement and Care Homes: Acting and strategic advice on the promotion of advising Churchill Retirement Living, regeneration schemes, considering the Inspired Villages Group, Elysian prospects of changing policy contexts, Residences and Carebase. testing the robustness of the planning Schools, Colleges & PBSA: Advising strategy and ultimately shaping the various establishments on their planning application, considering the need development plans and related planning for & adequacy of EIA screening &/or applications involving listed buildings, scoping opinions. She has considerable conservation areas and MOL in Camden experience in schemes involving Green and Haringey and in the Green Belt. Belt issues, flood risk issues, protected Mary is a leading planning barrister, species & their environments, daylight and Hotels: Currently advising on three hotel sunlight assessments, complex transport projects in London at various stages in the and prior to Town was a member of assessment issues as well as statutory development pipeline and a significant and locally listed buildings and commercial leisure scheme. Cornerstone Barristers where she conservation areas. She regularly works in Commercial: Currently advising B2/B8 served as Joint Head of Chambers. conjunction with colleagues at Town. operators in the Green Belt on expansion She is one of Town’s founding Local Plan examinations & prospects; owners of former airfields Neighbourhood Plans: Mary is currently transforming them into mixed use partners. advising landowners and developers, schemes. appearing at various examinations Residences: Mary has acted on appeals for promoting a new garden village in York, a Bellway in Buckingham; for A2 Dominion High Court challenges: Mary is regularly called upon new Town at Cranbrook in Devon, the at Siege Cross, West Berkshire; at Forest redevelopment of previously developed to advise and act for those who wish to defend or Farm at Chippenham and Manor Farm in challenge the grant of planning permission, whether land in the AONB and Green Belt in Kent, Guildford Borough for Gleeson Strategic potential allocations for commercial and granted locally or on appeal working with associates Land. She has secured consent on appeal at Town. residential floorspace on former mineral for a residential scheme in the AONB and workings in Essex, Bedfordshire and various mixed-used schemes in London Compulsory Purchase: Advising Southwark on the Windsor and Maidenhead. She for Goldcrest and Home Group. She is Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre successfully resisted the promotion of a currently working on a variety of housing redevelopment. Previously acting on various retail led town centre on behalf of owners appeals and one for purpose-built student regeneration schemes. Advising Carmarthenshire of a well-established out of centre retail accommodation. County Council on road/footway and cycle centre. schemes. 6 PARTNER Duncan Field duncan.fi[email protected] 07778 487 817 | 020 3893 0409 Experience London City Airport McLaren Group Advising on the development of the Advising on the extension of the airport over the past 20 years including McLaren campus in Woking, Surrey. its latest infrastructure project known London Luton Airport as the City Airport Development Advising on the expansion of the Programme and the associated Airport to increase capacity to 18 planning permission and compulsory million passengers per annum. purchase orders. PD Ports The Crown Estate Advising on the 1.5 million TEUs Advising on its regeneration Northern Gateway Container Terminal programme for Regent Street and St at Teesport. James’s in Central London over the Duncan advises on major past 20 years involving the London Legacy Development infrastructure projects and development of landmark buildings for Corporation a mix of uses including retail, offices, Advising on the post-Games regeneration schemes around the hotels, residential and extensive public transformation of the Olympic realm improvements. Stadium. UK. He was previously head of Hinduja Group and OHL Desarrollos Defence Infrastructure Organisation planning law at Norton Rose Acting for the Hinduja/OHL joint Advising on the redevelopment of Fulbright and was also