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Planning / Environment

We are a team of Planning Lawyers and Planning Consultants offering a multi-disciplinary service advising both public sector and private sector clients on a variety of planning and environmental issues. A number of our team members have a local authority background enabling us to provide strategic, focussed and tactical advice which is of vital importance to our clients in both sectors.

Particular Focus on:

  • Sports
  • Public Sector
  • Private Developers

Work with:

  • Rose Bowl plc;
  • Southampton Football Club;
  • Orchard Homes and Developments Ltd;
  • British American Tobacco Ltd;
  • Portsmouth City Council;
  • Test Valley Borough Council

Our recent and ongoing projects include:

  • Successful submission of Planning Applications and Project management for Rose Bowl Plc in respect of - Floodlights, Concerts, Emergency Access Road, New Major Match Day Road, Hotel and Ground Redevelopment and associated Section 106 Planning Agreements
  • Environmental Impact Assessment management and preparation for Rose Bowl Plc in respect of Hotel and Ground Redevelopment Project
  • Successful submission of Planning Applications and Project management for Southampton Football Club in respect of Concerts and Stadium Advertisements
  • Complex Section 106 Planning Agreements for Local Planning Authorities involving mixed use, residential and employment developments including Adanac Park, Test Valley Borough Council; Pompey Centre Phase IV and Highbury College Redevelopment, Portsmouth City Council; Hall & Woodhouse Brewery Blandford Forum, North Dorset District Council;
  • Planning Applications for the remodelling of the British American Tobacco site in Southampton, including extensions and alterations to buildings, adapting existing buildings and the formation of an access road to enable British American Tobacco to adapt from a manufacturing role to research and development;
  • Planning Applications for Orchard Homes and Developments Limited for residential development schemes within urban locations for in excess of 100 dwellings;
  • Negotiations on behalf of Southampton City Council with prospective developers to facilitate development proposals for the former Meridian TV and Mayflower Plaza sites in Southampton.

The latest edition of Legal 500 and Chambers had the following to say:

Legal 500: 

“Paris Smith LLP’s Janet May has a background in local government. She advises local authorities and developers on planning applications, appeals and agreements.”

Chambers:

 

“Janet May of Paris Smith LLP joins the rankings in recognition of her niche expertise in sports and leisure developments: she advises high-profile clients such as Southampton FC and Portsmouth City Council on a wide range of planning matters including site feasibility studies, policy issues, planning applications and planning and highways infrastructure agreements. Highlights for her include successfully obtaining planning permission for Hampshire Cricket, for the installation of world-class floodlights at the Rose Bowl in Southampton.”