Christopher Proudley

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