With backgrounds in both private practice and local government, the lawyers that make up our Planning and Environmental team will tailor their advice and representation to your specific needs.
We understand that you need to operate within a wide range of constraints and legislative frameworks and, just as importantly, that you need a quality service and excellent value from your legal team.
That’s why we focus on active project management to ensure we deliver for you, whatever your strategic objectives or performance targets.
Our Planning and Environmental team has an established track record of playing a central role in large project teams that deliver significant infrastructure. We’ve advised on some of the most high profile projects in recent years, including major regeneration schemes, town and country planning and highways. We also have a dedicated team of compulsory purchase practitioners.
Whether you’re a landowner or a developer, we’ll guide you through the planning consent process, keep you fully compliant with environmental law, assess your risk profile in transactions and, if necessary, support you through any environmental litigation and enforcement actions.
We’re at the forefront of many new developments in real estate planning law, policy and practice. This gives us a broad overview of the commercial landscape, enabling us to offer you the informed legal advice you need, no matter what project you’re working on – or where it is.
Our lawyers, advisors and consultants are experienced in all aspects of Irish planning and environmental law. Our recent experience includes advising:
- a development company in its High Court judicial review challenge against Dublin City Council as regards the Council’s interpretation of Ministerial Planning Guidelines
- a leading windfarm operator in two related Commercial Court cases relating to agreements providing access to land and the rights to facilitate laying electric cables to progress the development of a wind farm project in Co. Sligo
- a housing development in Galway as Notice Party in Judicial Review proceedings taken in relation to a planning permission granted to Burkeway by An Bord Pleanála in respect of a 162 unit development in Bearna, Co. Galway (Heather Hill Management Company CLG and Gabriel McGoldrick v An Bord Pleanála)
- a data center operator and owner in respect of the necessary planning and environmental permitting regimes
- the owner and occupier of a protected structure which is also scheduled under the National Monuments Acts planning injunction proceedings under Section 160 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000