We can provide assistance for our clients through all the steps in the process of obtaining planning permission or dealing with any problem arising from the absence of a required planning permission.

The Property Department has expertise in dealing with appeals against refusals of planning permission and also appeals against enforcement notices, including either the provision of advocacy services in-house or in conjunction with a barrister where this is appropriate.

Environmental law is a rapidly developing area and we can provide relevant advice as to the way in which this legislation impacts upon our clients' businesses.

Our Property Department has particular expertise in connection with landfill sites and dealing with contaminated land generally. Our Corporate Commercial Department has been widely involved in dealing with the implications of Environmental legislation generally in business sales and purchases and other similar transactions and has particular experience in the fields of waste collection and disposal and gas extraction.

We can advise on a wide range of issues, including:-

• Appeals against enforcement notices
• Appeals against refusals of planning permission
• Compulsory purchase procedures and compensation
• Liabilities of owners and occupiers of contaminated land
• Objections to changes in the local plan
• Waste collection, transfer and disposal