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.

• Acting for a market housebuilder to secure a variation to a section 106 agreement with a complex market value overage arrangement in relation to affordable housing contribution costs
• Acting for Golding Homes in respect of the negotiation and completion of two section 106 agreements for separate regeneration schemes in Maidstone. The first involved the regeneration of over 100 flats, which were replaced with new houses and flats, with a mixture of affordable housing, private sale and private market rent being provided. The second scheme secured the demolition of 122 existing dwellings and the erection in their place of 112 houses and 52 flats
• Acting for Town and Country Housing Group in respect of their application for the development of 92 flats at a site in Tonbridge - this involved the negotiation and completion of a section 106 agreement to secure financial contributions, affordable housing and the provision of a pedestrian footbridge
• Acting for a registered provider on a number of sites negotiating variations to existing section 106 planning obligations to vary the affordable housing tenure from social rented housing to affordable rented housing following the government's affordable rent programme