Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP maintains a strong presence in the North, advising clients across the energy, waste, transport and residential development sectors. The team supports statutory consultees, affected landowners, local authorities and public bodies, offering comprehensive guidance on planning and environmental law. In Newcastle, Francesca Hodgson advises on complex environmental compliance and regulation, while Stephen Dagg brings particular expertise in highways, public rights of way and major infrastructure projects, heading the planning team with a broad remit across the planning and NSIP landscape.
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Key clients
- Greater Cambridgeshire Partnership (GCP)
- Windel Energy
- National Highways
- Film and Television Studios
- National Gas Transmission
- National Highways Limited
- Cambridgeshire County Council
Work highlights
Advised National Highways in relation to the examination for the A12 development consent order, to improve a 16-mile stretch of the A12 between Chelmsford and the A120, costing circa £1bn.
Advised National Highways in relation to an application for the A46 development consent order, to dual and improve a 4-mile stretch of A46 at Newark, costing circa £500 million. We are advising GCP to secure three Transport and Works Act Order (TWAO) for rapid transit schemes.
Acting for Fosse Green Energy Limited, a SPV set up between Windel Energy (a long-standing client) and Recurrent Energy, to deliver solar infrastructure.
Lawyers
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Francesca Hodgson
Practice head
Francesca Hodgson; Stephen Dagg
Other key lawyers
Rachel Sykes