We have welcomed two new property specialists to our Midlands teams; legal planning partner Anna Cartledge and legal planning legal director Julie Russell.
Operating from the Birmingham hub, Anna Cartledge has more than 15 years' experience in legal planning, compulsory purchase and highways law, acting for a variety of public and private sector clients throughout her career including landowners, promoters, developers, local authorities, central government agencies, regional development agencies, and various NHS Trusts.
Anna has a particular interest in heritage issues and has advised a number of local authorities and private sector developers on various listed building consents. Anna is also highly experienced in negotiating planning obligations with complex cascade, review and clawback mechanisms, and she frequently advises on the best way to structure large scale sites so as to allow them to come forward on a phased basis.
Legal director Julie Russell join's the firm's Leicester hub with more than 14 years' experience, working on all aspects of legal planning, development and infrastructure work. Julie has particular experience in dealing with Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects and negotiating complex S106 agreements and infrastructure and highways agreements as well as providing strategic planning advice to housebuilders, commercial developers, landowners and local planning authorities.
She also regularly deals with planning enforcement, public rights of ways issues, planning appeals, planning due diligence on site acquisitions and challenges to planning permissions.
Anna said: "I am very much looking forward to being part of such a highly regarded and market leading planning team, full of supportive people who want to work together to flourish and grow the business. There is a real energy and sense of dynamism across the firm as a whole."
Alex Smith, managing director of the infrastructure and specialist markets business unit said: "We have a great reputation in real estate and work closely with our planning consultancy Marrons Planning to provide a holistic service to clients. From small listed buildings to large development projects, planning is a complex area law and it requires specialist knowledge, both Anna and Julie have great expertise and are well-placed to advise clients across the Midlands and nationally."
Anna and Julie's appointment follow a raft of announcements including 13 internal promotions, six appointments in Milton Keynes and a further two in the East Midlands.