Our Environment & Planning Group excels in applying technical and commercial thinking to this extensive, complex and increasingly regulated area.
Increased 'producer responsibility' as the basis for waste legislation, increased public participation in environmental decision-making, strategic planning for environmental protection by State agencies, increased penalties and supervisory powers and the beginnings of a real interface between economics and environmental protection all make Environment & Planning a critical practice area.
Our areas of expertise Include:
- Pollution Control Licensing for industry
- Specialist advice on Contaminated Land issues
- Waste Management Law and Policy
- The EU Emissions Trading Scheme and other Climate Change Controls
- Strategic Infrastructure Controls
- Planning and Development law: including the complex of legal and procedural rules around applications for planning consent; enforcement by planning authorities; and representation at planning oral hearings
- Environmental Impact Assessment Law
On contentious matters we have a broad range of experience: from prosecutions at local level, to Environment & Planning-related Judicial Review cases. We have acted in some of the most complex and significant regional and national environmental contentions in recent years.
We also provide focused, transaction-oriented environmental legal due diligence support for property and corporate transactions, reflecting William Fry’s reputation as a leader in the area of Mergers & Acquisitions.