Bio
Rob is a Planning & Environment Partner.
Rob has advised on Town and Country Planning for more than 35 years.
His experience extends to dealing with planning matters in Wales.
He is an experienced planning advocate, having appeared at numerous public inquires on behalf of both local authorities and private clients.
Rob regularly advises clients on the prospects of challenging planning decisions in the High Court by way of judicial review and statutory challenge.
He advises in respect of legal agreements relating to planning, highway diversions and stopping up of highways including highways used by vehicular traffic, the impact and application of the Community Infrastructure Levy. He has also supported on Town and Village Greens and Assets of Community Value.
Rob provides general advice regarding the operation of planning permissions, the discharge of planning conditions and how to demonstrate that a permitted development has been lawfully implemented.
Examples of Rob’s work include:
- Providing long-standing advice to a client regarding the rectification of a development undertaken without planning permission.
- Providing planning support and assistance on a planning due-diligence exercise on behalf of a client looking to acquire almost 300 new dwelling houses located within a larger development site.
- Advising on the steps needed to secure planning permission which was due to expire in respect of a residential development involving the conversion of a large listed building into flats and further external residential development.