Cripps Harries Hall

What we do

We guide you through the whole planning and environment process from strategic housing developments, mixed use schemes, regeneration projects to smaller housebuilder planning issues. We keep you informed of the latest law and policy:

• Planning applications and planning, highway and utility agreements
• Planning and enforcement appeals, and claims for judicial review
• Dealing with contaminated land and other environmental issues
• Listed building consents and tree preservation orders
• Compulsory purchase advice
• Closure and diversion of highways and other rights of way

We also provide planning and environment support for our residential and commercial property lawyers.

Our clients

Our clients include housebuilders, commercial developers and large occupiers, as well as utility companies, government departments, registered providers, local authorities, large landowners and private individuals. 

Why Cripps Harries Hall?

Although getting the right planning permission can be critical, we realise that for you planning is just part of a wider objective, which we can help you achieve. Our dedicated planning and environment team has years of experience, but is fully integrated into our wider property practice.

Next steps

For further information please contact Jason Towell.

• Running a successful appeal at inquiry for GLN (Copenhagen) Southern Limited in relation to obtaining planning consent for a large mixed use town centre re-development incorporating retail (over 7,000m²), leisure and residential uses
• Acting for the successful applicant in R (on the application of Wates) v Surrey County Council [2008] EWHC 706 (Admin). The case was a judicial review overturning the grant by Surrey County Council of planning permission for a large development in the Greenbelt
• Acting for Kent Police Authority in securing planning permission for its North Kent police headquarters building
• Acting for Wates Developments Limited, in conjunction with Hyde Housing Association, on the development of Beckenham County Cricket Ground for Kent County Cricket Club's use and residential apartments
• Acting for Gravesham Borough Council on a complex land disposal and planning agreements for the regeneration of a town centre site by a beacon residential development
• Acting for Linden Limited and Wates Developments Limited by providing planning advice on the purchase of a site in St Albans and further providing advice on issues relating to the reserved matters application for 150 homes including a deed of variation of a section 106 agreement. This was done against a very tight deadline that helped secure a disposal of part of the site to a Registered Provider thereby delivering a capital payment before a key financial deadline