Town Legal

We are a specialist planning law firm set up at the end of 2016 by some of the leading figures in the planning law sector. We advise on all aspects of planning law, across England and Wales. We act for a range of clients including developers, landowners, and public authorities. One of our partners is a leading planning barrister, which is one of the things that sets Town apart and provides added value to clients, in terms of the quality and speed of our advice. Our work includes: • Strategic planning law advice • Legal audit of planning applications • Section 106 and other planning agreements • Planning appeals, call-ins, inquiries, hearings, written representations • Local plan examinations • Litigation- judicial review and legal challenges • Highways law • CPO and compensation law (including conducting claims in the Upper Tribunal) • Corporate and real estate transaction support • Community Infrastructure Levy • Legal advice in relation to environmental impact assessment and related EU legislation • Certificates of lawfulness • Rights of light and appropriation of land for planning purposes • Heritage law • Rating law We were voted the country’s most highly rated planning law team in Planning Magazine’s 2019 and 2020 annual planning surveys. We have eleven partners: Elizabeth Christie Mary Cook Duncan Field Clare Fielding Raj Gupta Meeta Kaur Michael Gallimore Simon Ricketts Patrick Robinson Louise Samuel Spencer Tewis-Allen We also have Martin Dawbney in our team, acting as a Consultant, and we have a strong team of associates.