Associate, Planning

The role

Dentons is seeking a Planning Associate with 0-2 years of experience to join their top-rated Planning and Public Law team in London. This role offers the opportunity to advise on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious planning matters for a diverse client base, including government bodies and leading developers.

What you'll do

• Advise landowners, developers and local planning authorities on all aspects of planning law
• Handle complex planning applications and environmental assessment processes
• Negotiate Section 106 agreements/undertakings, highways agreements, stopping up orders and infrastructure agreements
• Advise on Community infrastructure levy
• Contribute to the development of local plans, neighbourhood plans and local development orders
• Review, assess and draft planning policy
• Advise on garden cities and urban extensions
• Advise on affordable housing and viability
• Address complex issues presented by major infrastructure and transport projects, and urban development and regeneration schemes
• Handle public inquiry work, including instructing Counsel and team coordination
• Manage judicial review and High Court litigation, including instructing Counsel and team coordination
• Advise on listed building consents, neighbourhood plans, local plans, assets of community value and conservation areas
• Handle compulsory purchase matters
• Conduct planning due diligence on commercial and corporate transactions for a wide range of schemes, student housing, hotel, retail, residential, and particularly energy projects (solar, BESS and wind)
• Act as a mentor to others
• Drive own practice through networking and other marketing
• Take on extensive responsibility
• Play a pivotal role in developing the business and the profile of the team

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