Planning Associate

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Planning Associate

Real Estate

London

Group Manager

35 hours per week, 9:30am to 5:30pm but additional hours may be required. We are happy to consider agile and flexible working patterns. Our approach to hybrid working allows for up to 40% of time working from home and 60% working in the office,please contact a member of the recruitment team to discuss further.

Hogan Lovells is one of the leading global law firms. Our distinctive market position is founded on our exceptional breadth of our practice, on deep industry knowledge, and on our 'one team' global approach. Formed through the combination of two top international law firms, Hogan Lovells has over 40 offices in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

With a presence in the world's major financial and commercial markets, we are well placed to provide excellent business-oriented advice to our clients locally and internationally. Our people are the key to our success, which is why we seek to recruit and retain the most talented individuals in all regions of our global practice.

The planning team is an integral part of our London real estate group. The group works on some of the most complex and innovative development projects in the UK, including offshore wind, urban regeneration projects, life sciences, prime office buildings and large residential-led schemes. We have an integrated approach, with strength and depth across key practices required to successfully complete projects.

The planning teamdeals with all aspects of planning law including negotiations and appeals for planning and associated consents, the drafting and negotiation of planning and related agreements and the environmental implications of development proposals.

An associate role dealing with a broad range of planning matters, including negotiating s106 agreements for large, multi-use developments, as well as various infrastructure agreements, advising on topics such as community infrastructure levy and heritage constraints, and giving strategic advice on a variety of types of scheme, including infrastructure projects. Further, providing planning support to the transactional real estate team, including due diligence and inputting into documentation.

• Understands the issues surrounding, and has experience of advising on complex, multi-use developments for a variety of different developments.
• Understands and has experience of advising on a variety of planning legal principles including community infrastructure levy, listed buildings and CPO related principles
• Has a working knowledge of the relationship of planning issues with those of the wider real estate practice and is able to provide planning support as necessary, including reporting on the planning history of properties and contributing to the planning elements of transactional documentation.
• Has negotiated a variety of different s106 agreement, including those with affordable housing provisions and can demonstrate an understanding of the key elements of other s106 requirements.
• Has experience of negotiating a range of other development related agreements including those relating to highways and sewers.
• Understands and has advised on legal matters relating to highways, including their stopping up.
• Stays aware of legal developments affecting any specialist areas and regularly attends appropriate training sessions.
• Has experience of public inquiries and/or hearings.
• Experience of advising on securing and implementing development consent orders and infrastructure projects is desirable but not essential.

• Has good working relationships with clients.
• Has a good understanding of the planning and wider real estate teams’ clients, the sectors in which we operate and the associated risks and opportunities.
• Actively works to develop and strengthen new client relationships.
• Writes and contributes to articles for internal and external publication.
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