Experienced consultants for planning permission,
negotiations, objections &
appeals
Our Planning
Advice & Representation Unit advises and represents clients in
relation to planning projects and all planning issues throughout
England & Wales.
Our well-established
specialist practice has successfully guided businesses of all sizes and
types in a wide range of sectors through the planning permission
process.
We offer strength in
depth, combining incisive legal thinking and expertise from our
planning solicitors with Chartered Town Planning insight, on the
strength of years of experience at the
highest level in planning authorities and in The Planning
Inspectorate in Bristol.
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We advise and represent clients in
all aspects of the planning process, including:
planning
applications and permissions
development and site
appraisals
negotiations
with council planning authorities
presentations
at council committees
enforcement
of planning controls and appeals against enforcement
appeals
against refusals of consent
hearings
and inquiries including technical advocacy
lawful
development/use certificates
Section
288/289 appeals against the decisions of Planning Inspectors
applications
for Judicial Review
listed
buildings and conservation areas
green
belt and countryside planning
changes
of use
advice
on and negotiation of s.106 agreements
objections
by third parties
planning
and infrastructure agreements
joint
venture agreements subject to planning issues
compulsory purchase
and compensation
Our planning
solicitors can put your proposals onto a firm foundation and advocate
your best way forward through all the stages of the planning process,
from initial council negotiations to appeals against planning decisions.
We have forged close links with other professionals including
architects, highways consultants, surveyors and specialist planning
counsel.
We are
very familiar with the demands of the planning process and are able to
act within (often very tight) deadlines.
Our Planning
Advice & Representation Unit recognises clients' need for
financially disciplined, commercially aware and cost effective planning
advice and representation.For this reason we
generally operate by reference to pre-agreed fixed fee pricing.
Call a planning solicitor in
our Planning Advice & Representation Unit or email us a summary of your
circumstances and objectives, and we will get back to you with proposed
next steps and costings.
Whatever your situation, we can offer an assessment by specialists of
your real planning position for a low initial outlay.
Our planning
advice is a firm foundation for decision-making. Our representation in
negotiations and hearings is heavyweight.
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Some examples of client feedback:
"I would like
you to act for me in connection with these planning applications
.............. thank you once again with regards to the previous
application, I am very pleased with the service provided. (Windsor)
"...I would also
like to thank you for your efforts, which have been exceptional,
considering the deadlines. I have been very fortunate indeed to have
Humphreys & Co. on my side." (Bromley, Kent)
"We were extremely happy with the representation made. I
don't thing anything else could have been done or said to change the
outcome and although we have to be realistic and at the end of the day
it is up to a personal interpretation of just one person, the
Inspector, the day went much much better than we though prior to the
hearing. So, result aside, we are most grateful for the amazing
preparation on the case and the knowledge you had of all the facts
involved in the case." (Central London)
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"Can I add my
thanks for your timeliness and professionalism with an awkward brief
also." (Buckinghamshire)
"Firstly, thanks
for the thoroughly good work that your firm undertook on my behalf. It
was all that I had hoped for and whatever the outcome, I feel that I
have done all I can." (Gloucestershire)
"...The
planning approval... was granted last week... well done on a final collective
team effort." (Hackney, London)
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Email us a
summary of your circumstances and objectives, and we will get back to
you with costings for an assessment by specialists of your real
planning position.
E-mail us with details of your
enquiry on planning@humphreys.co.uk
Include your telephone number,
fax number and address.
Tel (0117) (international +44
117) 929 2662 Fax (0117) (international +44 117) 929 2722