Bio
Maddy is a Planning & Environment Solicitor.
Maddy’s expertise includes landlord and tenant matters, investment property sales, and purchases and providing property-related advice as part of corporate transactions.
She works with developers, commercial clients and private landowners in various planning matters including planning applications, planning obligations, highways agreements and planning objections.
Maddy has experience in reviewing, drafting and negotiating Section 106 agreements and related documentation, assisting with reviewing and progressing planning and infrastructure agreements including Section 278 agreements and Section 38 agreements, Section 106A deeds of variation, and related transactional documents.
Maddy also supports on planning due diligence for property transactions, including identifying key planning documents, obligations and potential issues for further consideration and preparing planning reports for clients as part of their wider transaction.
She has assisted with more niche areas of planning, including the resolution of aviation objections to wind farm developments and negotiating related planning and commercial agreements to facilitate renewable energy development.
Examples of Maddy’s work include:
- Carrying out due diligence on the planning history of a commercial property to ensure that all necessary planning permissions were in place prior to the client purchasing the property.
- Assisting with the negotiation and agreement of a planning obligation to secure planning permission for a national developer.