The Planning team at Thring Townsend Lee & Pembertons regularly advises and represents clients on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious issues, including:

• securing planning permissions
• preparing site appraisals
• certificates of lawfulness applications
• appeals against enforcement notices
• the refusal/non-determination of planning applications
• statutory appeals and judicial review
• planning obligations and infrastructure agreements
• gypsy and traveller law
• permitted development rights

The team acts for substantial property developers and landowners, and has strong links with planning consultants, land agents and surveyors.

Recent matters the team has advised on include:

• Defending injunction proceedings in Benford v Hart District Council, which was widely reported.
• Successfully advising on an appeal regarding a change of use of commercial premises.
• Bringing a successful judicial review claim against the Ministry of Defence, concerning misapplication of the Crichel Down Rules.
• Advising on Certificate of Lawfulness Applications, one of which resulted in a substantial rural property obtaining relief from an Agricultural Occupancy Condition, which significantly increased its value.
• Successfully appealing against two Enforcement Notices relating to alleged breaches of planning control in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
• Advising on obligations under planning permissions.

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