Emily acts for clients in the public and private sectors, negotiating and drafting section planning and highway agreements and advising on a wide range of associated matters.
Emily qualified at Sharpe Pritchard and has practised in the planning team since then. She has also worked on secondment in-house at a local authority, a non-governmental statutory body, and a government department.
She is currently a member of Lexis Nexis Q&A Panel for Planning.
Emily’s role:
Emily negotiates extensive and complex legal agreements related to nationality and locally important development proposals for a wide variety of projects including estate regenerations, garden and urban villages, sports facilities, reservoirs, and transport projects.
I have experience advising clients as part of the pre-application process, reviewing Planning Committee reports and attendance and committees, advising clients on the application of national and local planning policy, and complex CIL queries.
I also work on nationally significant infrastructure projects under the Planning Act 2008 and advise acquiring authorities on compulsory purchase matters.
External Recognition
Emily has been recognised in the independent legal guide, Chambers, for the past two years.
She has achieved the ranking of a Band 6 lawyer in the field of Planning – London (Firms).
Case highlights
- Advising the London Borough of Merton as local planning authority in respect of the proposed development and expansion of the Wimbledon Tennis grounds. Emily drafted and negotiated the section 106 agreement on behalf of the Council securing key benefits for the local community.
- Drafting and negotiating a section 106 agreement in relation to a new garden village which will provide up to 3,700 homes, care homes, schools and various green and blue infrastructure.
- Advising a London local authority in respect of an estates regeneration project to provide over 2,500 homes.