Norton Rose Fulbright frequently advises on compulsory purchases and redevelopment schemes, with strong activity across the energy, commercial office, and social housing sectors. Sarah Fitzpatrick leads the team and is regularly instructed on mixed-use and energy-related planning matters. Carina Wentzel departed in September 2024. Rory Bennett joined in early 2025.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Highly competent team.'
- ‘Sarah Fitzpatrick is astonishingly clever and amazing recall with very powerful work ethic.'
- ‘A rare blend of legal understanding, common sense and practical application.’
- ‘Sarah Fitzpatrick provides excellent, practical and commercially minded support to all PPR's planning projects. Her forward thinking awareness of the ever changing political and policy environment to planning is invaluable.'
- ‘Very knowledgeable and always available to provide advice. Their expertise across planning, CPO and environmental issues provides us with well rounded and considered advice.’
Key clients
- 57 Whitehall S.a.r.l. Aedifica UK Limited Almax group capital Ltd Anila Properties Limited ARCABAS Limited Balfour Beatty Investments Limited Bellaview Properties Ltd Brookfield Asset Management Inc. CBRE Loan Services Limited Civitas Social Housing plc Civitas SPV1 Limited Clerkenwell Fire Station Ltd Commerz Real Dinton Hotel Limited Dome Assets Limited ERGO UK Specialty Ltd Glenroy Estates Limited Greencoat Solar Assets II Limited Greenergy International Ltd. GSES 1 Limited Gypsy Corner Portal Company Limited Hill Residential Hills Investments Limited Hotchkiss Limited ING Bank N.V. Kenmin (HP) Limited KKR & Co. Inc. Mango Hotels (Gypsy Corner) Limited McGill and Partners Services National Westminster Bank Plc Ocubis Limited PPR Chivas House LLP PPR Estates Limited PPR High Guildford Limited Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners RBC Europe Limited Reach Plc Residence Ltd Samson Capital Southern Ltd Savills (UK) Limited Situs Asset Management Limited St George Central London Limited Standard Chartered Bank Stena Line BV SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd Supermarket Income Investments UK (No39 Ltd) TD Bank Europe Limited Totta Investments Limited United Overseas Bank Limited Uplands High Wycombe LLP Wolseley UK Limited BNP Paribas (London Branch) Emirates NBD Bank PJSC Endurance Worldwide Insurance Limited Equitix Investment Management Dorrington Plc Kwasa Global-I (Jersey) Limited BCP IV UK Fuel Holdings Limited Berliet Limited Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank Equinor UK Limited Gore Street Energy Storage Fund PLC Greencoat UK Wind Holdco Limited J.&F. Holdings Limited KPS Capital Partners, LP LG Park Leasehold Limited Ørsted A/S RAW Infrastructure Ltd RWE AG TotalEnergies Electricité et Gaz de France Wholesale Supplies (CI) Ltd
Work highlights
Advising St George (Berkeley Group) on a multi-million pound compulsory purchase compensation claim against Thames Water listed for a 10-day trial in the Upper Tribunal (lands Chamber).
Advising Al Dau Development on a 58 and 44 storey new twin tower development in Ealing with 699 build to rent units, and a 90 bed hotel.
Advising the owner of a Surrey strategic waste site on a CPO promoted by a water company, assembled the professional team and led the CPO inquiry.
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Practice head
Sarah Fitzpatrick
Other key lawyers
Rory Bennett