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Peter Rainier

Work Department
Planning
Position
Peter is Principal Director of Planning at DMH Stallard and is based in Gatwick. Expert on residential and commercial development planning applications and appeals, advising on commercial waste applications and heritage matters.
Career
Peter leads a team of planners in the region. The team is highly regarded and has an enviable track record of success in delivering complex major development and regeneration projects both for public and private sector clients. The renowned planning, environmental, property and development lawyers at DMH Stallard provide a unique multi-disciplinary approach.
He has more than 30 years’ planning experience in both the public and private sectors. He provides advice on a wide range of major residential, commercial and waste applications and appeals. These include infrastructure and planning gain aspects as well as enforcement and heritage matters. He is also experienced in the promotion of residential, commercial and leisure allocations through the Development Plan. He has considerable experience as an expert witness at Planning Inquiries for both Public and Private sector clients.
Peter is a Planning Advisory Service accredited contractor. PAS is funded by the Department for Communities and Local Government.
Work highlights
- Peter has provided planning advice to Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club for over 20 years, which has included the development of the Amex Stadium and Training Facility at Lancing.
- Advising on a major residential (Cala) and retail (IKEA) proposal on the South Coast.
- Advised several major housebuilders, including Crest Nicholson, Gleeson and Rydon.
- Recently advised clients on significant brownfield residential schemes (Brighton and Crawley), a major mixed use urban expansion (Horsham), and various smaller change of use and residential schemes in Conservation Areas and the South Downs National Park.
Languages
English
Memberships
- Board Member of the Crawley Town Centre Partnership
- Chartered Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Real estate > Environment and planning
The environment and planning team at DMH Stallard LLP stands out due to its broad expertise spanning highway infrastructure issues, water neutrality, planning appeals, and compulsory purchase orders. Leading the team from Gatwick, Heidi Copland has significant experience in advising on housing schemes as well as cases undergoing judicial review. Peter Rainier and Chloe Karamian are key members of the team. Rainer is well-versed in waste applications and appeals. With her previous experience working for a local authority, Karamian is skilled at navigating complex planning and environmental procedures.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Employment > Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Environment and planning
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Real estate > Property litigation
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Kent, Surrey and Sussex
- Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant