- Leading both private and government-body clients on delivering major infrastructure through compulsory purchase orders and other consenting processes including relief roads, new stadium developments, town/city centre regeneration, major railway enhancement projects, airport development, port development and the redevelopment of legacy London 2012 Olympic Games sites.
- Extensive experience advising on the legal robustness of Environmental Impact Assessments for high-stakes infrastructure, residential and energy projects including developing strategic frameworks for assessing downstream (Scope 3) emissions from indirect climate impacts to mitigate climate-based litigation risk.
- Negotiating complex multi-party section 106 agreements for large-scale regeneration schemes, build-to-rent and student accommodation developments, affordable housing and industrial and logistics schemes.
- Advising developers and military/aerospace contractor clients on Biodiversity Net Gain requirements on navigating the mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain requirements, off-site unit purchase agreements and environmental off-sets.
- Assembling expert witness teams and managing planning appeals, enforcement appeals and judicial review claims.
- Advising Miller Developments on a number of complex planning agreements in connection with a 575-acre, GBP 1 billion mixed-use and logistics development in Warrington.
- Advising one of the UK's largest UK supermarket chains in relation to the regeneration by compulsory purchase of Macclesfield town centre.
- Advising Bruntwood on the development of the Manchester Business School Hotel and Circle Square mixed-use development at the University of Manchester campus.
Expertise
Matt is a Managing Associate in the Planning team and qualified into the team in June 2019. Prior to qualification, Matt worked in the Planning team for over 6 years as a Senior Paralegal. Matt advises on all aspects of town and country planning, highways, energy, environmental and compulsory purchase law. Matt has a depth of experience advising the firm's public and private sector clients on town centre regeneration schemes, infrastructure and energy projects and large housing developments.
