The firm
From its offices in central London, Richard Max & Co offers specialist legal advice in the fields of town and country planning, highways and compulsory purchase law as well as providing a Public Inquiry advocacy service.
Set up by Richard Max, one of the country's leading planning lawyers, the firm delivers a range of services to the property development industry in England and Wales.
These cover
- Evaluating a property's development potential including planning history review and matters affecting title
- Strategic consultancy to minimise the risk of planning application refusal, including advice on the need or otherwise for environmental impact assessments
- Team management and direction including liaison with the full spectrum of technical experts
- Managing planning, compulsory purchase and road closure Public Inquiries either by instructing counsel or by providing an advocacy service
- The negotiation and drafting of planning permission documents, including section 106, 104, 38 and 278 Agreements
- Advice on and conducting planning written appeals and hearings
- Advice on and conducting any statutory challenge or judicial review of any planning permission, including instructing counsel
- Advice on how to oppose the grant of planning permission
