The planning team at Michelmores LLP advises both public and private sector clients on a range of planning mandates that include section 106 matters, sales and acquisitions and related environmental matters. Specialising in planning and regeneration projects, Mark Howard leads the team with significant experience advising public authorities and private groups on s106 agreements, listed buildings and CPOs, in addition to environmental expertise on rivers and flooding and invasive species, as well as defending Environment Agency prosecutions. Helen Hutton has experience advising on planning applications and appeals involving historic buildings and agriculture, as well as energy matters relating to renewables and hydrocarbons.
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‘Michelmores as a practice are very user friendly whilst providing a top class professional service. They offer the right level of professional easy to understand advice and provide an integrated service across all their various teams.'
‘Michelmores' team members are user friendly and provide a level of comfort that give clients the feel good experience and that they are in safe hands. Specifically one of their partners Mark Howard from the planning team has been providing excellent advice with regards several complex issues around local plan proposals. We would recommend Mark to assist with clients planning concerns going forward.’
Key clients
- Dorset Council
- Farm Developments Ltd & Hensford Park
- Wiltshire Council
- Cornwall Council
Work highlights
Acting for Dorset Council on the Compulsory Purchase Order of land on either side of Dinah's Hollow on the C13 in Melbury Abbas, Dorset.
Instructed by Farm Developments Ltd & Hensford Park to make representations to Teignbridge Local Plan in connection with land owned by the client, which they are seeking to be allocated for the development of over 1,000 residential units.
Acting for Wiltshire Council in the negotiation of a Section 106 Agreement for the building of a Lidl supermarket in Calne, previously subject to a successful judicial review challenge by Tesco.
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Practice head
Mark Howard
Other key lawyers
Helen Hutton