Tom Newcombe > Birketts LLP > Cambridge, England > Lawyer Profile
Birketts LLP Offices
22 STATION ROAD
CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CB1 2JD
England
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Tom Newcombe
Work Department
Commercial Property, Planning
Position
Partner
Career
Tom joined Birketts in March 2011. He is a Partner in our Planning Team.
Tom specialises in planning, environmental and highways law and joined Birketts with significant experience as a planning solicitor within the national planning team of an international law firm.
He advises on all aspects of planning law, advising local authorities, landowners and developers on the planning of commercial and residential developments including: the planning application process and supporting documents; Environmental Impact Assessment; contracts conditional on planning; section 106 agreements and unilateral undertakings; planning conditions; submission of and process management of planning appeals via written representations, hearings and inquiries; section 73 applications; and judicial review.
Tom also has wide experience with environmental due diligence, warranties and indemnities, contaminated land, highways matters, adoption agreements and public rights of way. His client base includes commercial and residential developers, institutional landowners, registered social landlords, further and higher education establishments and local authorities as well as major transport operators and renewable energy developers. He also advises private clients on a wide range of planning matters.
Lawyer Rankings
East Anglia > Real estate > Planning and environment
(Leading individuals)Birketts LLP
‘offers top-notch legal advice without the price-tag of a London firm‘. The firm frequently handles large-scale developments, as well as contentious planning and environment matters. It counts Breckland District Council, Persimmon Homes and Hill Residential among its clients. The practice is led by Tom Newcombe in Cambridge (who ‘always approaches every challenge with a positive attitude‘) and, in Ipswich, Deborah Sharples
(whose ‘analytical approach to both prosecution and defence matters is faultless‘) and Richard Eaton. Legal director Nicola Doole and senior associate Chloe Glason, both based in in Ipswich have extensive planning experience. Legal director Nikki Fonseka and senior associate Steven Bell are the key contacts in Norwich.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals East Anglia > Real estate > Planning and environment
- Planning and environment East Anglia > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Cambridge
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Real estate > Commercial property: Cambridge
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Real estate > Commercial property: Norwich
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Cambridge
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Norwich
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud
- Employment > Health and safety
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Cambridge
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Norwich
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Public sector > Public sector
- Real estate > Social housing
- Transport > Transport and shipping