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ď °ď€ From pre-application right up to any appeal, our highly focused, partner-led planning team advises on all aspects of planning from issues as diverse as lobbying to inquiry strategy. Specifically, our experience covers housing, business, retail, leisure, industrial, transport, waste, energy and minerals, as well as natural and built heritage matters. We act for both developers and local authorities and pride ourselves on seeing the planning and related issues in the round. This is vital if potentially difficult projects are to win planning permission and any other consents needed to develop land.
What we do Zoning in development plans: Our experience of development planning, particularly at local level, is second-to-none. Getting land allocated is vital in a plan-led system. Pre-application advice: How to get to ‘YES’ with the local authority. Our knowledge often assists even the most experienced of developers to get that all-important recommendation for grant or approval. Representation: Whether before Planning or Parliamentary Committees, our skills will ensure your case is presented in the most cost-effective manner. The whole picture: Various other consents and agreements may be needed. Knowing what to apply for and when, is crucial to getting many developments to completion within commercially acceptable timescales. Planning agreements: Section 75 Agreements can often help to bring the development to fruition. Taking a pro-active role here will often help the Planning Authority to see how a project can be realised in an acceptable fashion. General planning advice: We can help in matters concerning Use Classes, Permitted Development rights and the need for planning permission – in fact, all areas of planning law and practice.
“Martin Sales is a well thought of planning expert. Murray Shaw is a very solid and talented performer.� Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession
About Biggart Baillie We are one of Scotland’s top commercial law firms with recognised strengths in corporate and commercial law, property, dispute management, health & safety, pensions, banking, infrastructure, transport, environmental law and almost every aspect of your personal business. With offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh, we work with clients throughout Scotland, the UK and internationally.
Our planning experts Glasgow Murray Shaw, Partner
mshaw@biggartbaillie.co.uk
Edinburgh Martin Sales, Partner
msales@biggartbaillie.co.uk
Biggart Baillie LLP is regulated and authorised to conduct business as solicitors by The Law Society of Scotland and is subject to its Code of Conduct.
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