

She’s very good on strategy.”īattersea Power Station Development Company Legal 500 2021 said: “ Clare is very pragmatic, and her work is a very good example of the public and private sector working together. She is closely involved in the leadership and management of Town and regularly speaks on diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Her style is collaborative, problem-solving and people-centred. She regularly advises on complex planning strategy, viability issues, Community Infrastructure Levy, JR risk, and on property-related corporate transactions. He was previously head of planning law at Norton Rose Fulbright and was also a specialist planning partner at Wragge & Co and SJ Berwin. Duncan led the team that won the Real Estate Team of the Year at the British Legal Awards in 2016 and Planning Law Firm of the Year at the UK Planning Awards in 2017.Īdvising on the development of the airport over the past 20 years including its latest infrastructure project known as the City Airport Development Programme and the associated planning permission and compulsory purchase orders.Īdvising on its regeneration programme for Regent Street and St James’s in Central London over the past 20 years involving the development of landmark buildings for a mix of uses including retail, offices, hotels, residential and extensive public realm improvements.Īcting for the Hinduja/OHL joint venture in relation to the redevelopment of the Old War Office in Whitehall, Central London as a luxury hotel with apartments.Īdvising on the proposed refurbishment and regeneration of the Olympia Exhibition Centre to deliver improved exhibition and conferencing facilities, offices, hotel accommodation, retail, leisure and new cultural uses.Īdvising London Gateway Port in relation to the implementation of the Harbour Empowerment Order for its deep-sea container terminal and planning permission for the adjacent logistics park, including use of compulsory purchase powers for the widening of the A13.Īdvising on the 1.5 million TEUs Northern Gateway Container Terminal at Teesport.Īdvising on the post-Games transformation of the Olympic Stadium.Ĭlare Fielding Managing Partner 07809 200 214 | 02Ĭlare is particularly known for substantial London projects. Mary is advising on a number of appeals for housebuilders, land promoters and landowners in Dorset, South Somerset and Guildford.ĭuncan Field Partner 07778 487817 | 020 3893 0409ĭuncan advises on major infrastructure projects and regeneration schemes around the UK. Mary has particular experience in Retirement and Care HomesĪcting and advising Churchill Retirement Living, Inspired Villages Group, Elysian Residences and Carebase.Īdvising various establishments on their development plans and related planning applications involving listed buildings, conservation areas and MOL in Camden and Haringey and in the Green Belt.Ĭurrently advising on three hotel projects in London at various stages in the development pipeline and a significant commercial leisure scheme.Ĭurrently advising B2/B8 operators in the Green Belt on expansion prospects and B8 shed scheme on M1 and owners of former airfields transforming them into a mixed-use scheme. Mary is currently appearing at examinations promoting a new garden village in York and advising on viability issues relating to the Cranbrook Local plan in Devon the redevelopment of previously developed land in the AONB and Green Belt in Kent allocations for a commercial warehouse and a Rail Freight Terminal in the Green Belt in Central Bedfordshire and urban extensions in Leicestershire and the Black Country and working to secure numerous housing allocations. Local Plan Examinations & Neighbourhood Plans She regularly works in conjunction with colleagues at Town. She has considerable experience in schemes involving Green Belt issues, flood risk issues, protected species and their environments, daylight and sunlight assessments, complex transport assessment issues as well as statutory and locally listed buildings and conservation areas. Mary regularly offers early strategic advice on the promotion of regeneration schemes, considering the prospects of changing policy contexts, testing the robustness of the planning strategy and ultimately shaping the planning application and considering the need for and adequacy of EIA screening and/or scoping opinions. She is one of Town’s founding partners.ĭevelopment Schemes & Strategic Land Advice Prior to Town she was a member of Cornerstone Barristers where she served as Joint Head of Chambers. Mary is a leading planning barrister and a regular panel member of the Have We Got Planning News For You show.
