Overview
Our practice covers a wide range of infrastructure projects, whether consented by Development Consent Order, Transport and Works Act Order, planning permission or hybrid Bill.
In addition to our market-leading reputation for guiding infrastructure projects through the planning/development consent process, and advising those affected by such projects, we have advised on many related issues including compulsory purchase of land and rights, land compensation, public procurement and competition issues, planning and regulatory controls, rights of way and highways, railway powers, transport, energy and waste policy, environmental protection, EU and UK legislation on the protection of habitats, EIA, SEA and sustainability appraisal, public consultation procedures, the Aarhus Convention, human rights and constitutional law, and the rating of transport, energy, electronic communications and waste infrastructure. Examples include:
Transport
Airports
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- Heathrow expansion
- Gatwick second runway
- Bristol Airport
- Stansted Airport Expansion
- Belfast City Airport Expansion
- London Southend Airport
- Farnborough Airport
- Lydd Airport
Rail
- HS2
- East-West Rail 2
- Crossrail
- Felixstowe branch line improvements
- Midland Mainline electrification
- Anglia Level Crossing Closures
- London Bridge station upgrade
- Worcestershire Parkway regional Interchange
- Welsh Highland Railway
Road
- M4 smart motorway, Berkshire
- M4 diversion, Newport South Wales
- A21 dualling scheme, Kent
- Bexhill to Hastings Relief Road
- Baldock Bypass
- A556 link road, Cheshire
- A421 Bedford to Milton Keynes
- A5036 Port of Liverpool Access Scheme
- A303 Stonehenge
Ports
Energy and Waste
Nuclear power
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- Hinkley Point Power Station
Renewable energy
- Navitus Bay offshore windfarm
- Hornsea 3 offshore windfarm
- Langford Wind Farm, Biggleswade
- Thanet extension offshore wind
Energy from Waste
- Horsham
- Ineos Runcorn
- Rufford Colliery
- Kidderminster
- Beddington
Energy networks
- The North-South Ireland Interconnector
- Western Link Interconnector
- Western power distribution facility
- Overhead line servicing Wylfa Nuclear Facility
- Overhead line from Carmarthen to Swansea
Hydrocarbons
- Preesall and Keuper gas storage
- Fracking in Lancashire, North Yorkshire and Sussex
- South Hook LNG Regasification Terminal (Milford Haven)
- Oil exploration in the Surrey Hills
- Southampton – London Pipeline
Waste water