Bio
Laura is a Planning & Environment Partner.
Laura advises and provides support on a range of planning work for individual, group or corporate landowners; high net worth individuals and estate owners; land promoters; development companies including social housing providers; national mineral operators and local authorities.
Laura also has extensive experience in negotiating statutory infrastructure agreements (Section 278) and complex planning obligations (Section 106). This includes in both a general planning process capacity and in planning appeal scenarios, where guidance needs to be followed and strict timescales apply.
With specialist knowledge in the minerals sector, Laura also acts for national mineral operators.
Examples of work include:
- Securing a planning obligation for a national mineral operator and providing advice on the impact and next steps as part of a wider re-development proposal.
- Negotiating a planning obligation with complex viability provisions to secure planning permission for student accommodation.
- Securing a planning obligation for 1500 dwellings.
- Securing a complex planning obligation for more than 4000 dwellings.