Christopher Proudley
Consultant Solicitor & Specialist Planning Lawyer
Commercial Property
My Approach
To provide clear advice on the often complicated and technical area of planning permissions and related matters.
Areas of Expertise
- Planning applications and permissions
- Planning appeals
- Section 106 agreements and unilateral undertakings
- Agreements for sale/lease of land conditional on planning permission
- Compulsory purchase orders and appropriation
- Highways and other infrastructure
- Judicial review and High Court challenge
Recent Work Includes
- Obtaining planning permission and negotiating section 106 agreements/unilateral undertakings for retail, residential and commercial developments, both with the local planning authority and on appeal
- Acting for developers in acquiring sites conditional on planning permission and by way of compulsory purchase
- Acting for landowners in the sale of land to developers conditional on planning permission and in resisting compulsory purchase orders
- Advising local planning authorities in respect of planning applications and section 106 agreements Promoting compulsory purchase orders for acquiring authorities
- Negotiating infrastructure agreements
- Assessing and resisting judicial review proceedings
Experience, Professional Associations and Qualifications
- Law Society final exams passed in one sitting 1984
- LLB (Hons) Law Degree from University of Manchester (2:1) 1983