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Carl Copestake

Carl Copestake

Partner

Stoke

Bio

Carl is a Planning & Environment Partner.

A Chartered Town Planner with more than 35 years’ post-qualification experience, Carl advises organisations across the public and private sectors on all aspects of town and country planning.

Working closely with house builders, strategic land promoters, football clubs, community groups, and healthcare providers across the agriculture, holiday parks, marinas, real estate, and sports sectors Carl’s areas of expertise include preparing and submitting planning applications for all types of developments, preparing strategic representations to secure the allocation of land through the local plan process, and undertaking development appraisals for clients.

Carl also has experience of handling planning appeals, and has given evidence as expert witness at hearings and inquiries both on behalf of clients, and in the High Court as an expert planning witness.

Examples of Carl’s work include:

  • Securing planning permission for Lone Star to build 155 homes on greenfield site in a Staffordshire village.
  • Supporting the allocation of numerous sites for development in the Newcastle-under-Lyme Local Plan, and in particular, the replacement of Green Belt with a housing site for 650 dwellings.
  • Securing planning permission for Newcastle-under- Lyme Council’s new civic centre in Newcastle Town Centre to house the Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council and County staff, Staffordshire Police, and a new library.
  • Securing planning permission for Bet365’s HQ, which posed challenging planning issues as it comprised an out-of-centre, large-scale office development.
  • Advising on numerous planning projects for Staffordshire Police, including securing planning permission for a new build police station in the green belt at Lichfield.
  • Providing planning consultancy support from pre-application stage to securing permission in 2022 for a new HMRC inland border post for trucks at Holyhead, Wales.
  • Securing planning permission for Stoke City F.C.’s new training academy, including numerous extensions and new buildings in the Green Belt, and extensions and improvements to the Bet365 Stadium.
  • Successfully defending clients who received an Enforcement Notice from NE Derbyshire Council to demolish their home.
  • Winning a planning appeal to erect 40 dwellings in the Green Belt, which was to partly finance the restoration of a listed manor house (enabling development).
  • Securing planning permission and Class Q consents for numerous barn conversions.