Holmes & Hills’ Planning and Development Team will support and guide you through this complex area of law which is riddled with regulation and procedure in order to assist you in achieving your plans for your property.  

Such support and advice may relate to the procedure for obtaining planning permission, the formal requirements for extending or changing the use of a property, an appeal against the refusal of planning permission or even an objection you may have against a planning application near you. Our team of planning solicitors offer specialist planning advice and guidance covering:

•  The need for planning
•  Applications (strategic planning)
•  Permitted development
•  Lawful development certificates
•  Appeals
•  Enforcement and enforcement appeals
•  Changes of use
•  Planning obligations/agreements
•  Statutory challenges/High Court appeals
•  Planning policy and strategic planning
•  Highway law
•  Public rights of way
•  Building regulations
•  Conservation areas
•  Listed buildings
•  Commons and village greens
•  Trees and hedgerows
•  General planning advice

Specialist and cost effective planning advice:

Our planning solicitors provide expert advice and never lose sight of your objective to ensure that matters are always dealt with cost effectively. Our team boasts two experienced advocates which enables us to represent you personally at Planning Inquiries or in respect of Planning Enforcement matters (where appropriate) thus saving the cost of instructing third parties such as Counsel.

Regional planning experts:

Holmes & Hills’ expert team of planning solicitors is led by one of only several Legal Associates of the Royal Town Planning Institute (LARTPI) in the region and is unrivalled in Essex. The team’s experience is of providing legal advice and support to a number of local authorities across East Anglia, construction companies, property developers and individuals.

This experience of successfully acting on a wide range of planning matters for both local authorities as well as applicants gives our solicitors unrivalled knowledge of planning systems and makes them recognised regional experts in planning law.