Getting involved in development projects at an early stage, Julia ensures potential planning issues are resolved or avoided before her clients’ time and money are wasted. She advises on all aspects of the law relating to planning and associated areas, including scheme viability, heritage issues, affordable housing, highways, infrastructure and compulsory purchase.

Julia has extensive experience advising across a wide range of planning issues, from the application stage, including the preparation and auditing of Environmental Statements and masterplans, through to planning and enforcement appeals, and judicial review claims. Her key clients include a wide range of developers, operators, end-users, lenders and investors, covering mixed-use schemes, housing, student accommodation, office, retail and leisure projects and associated infrastructure.