Rebecca Warren is a Partner in Pinsent Masons and focuses exclusively on planning and related environmental law matters.
Rebecca is especially well known for her work on major residential led regeneration schemes, urban extension and greenfield/greenbelt development proposals. She advises a range of private and public sector organisations on all aspects of planning law, including: strategy setting, environmental impact and strategic environmental assessment, major projects, infrastructure agreements and planning obligations, judicial review and statutory challenges, enforcement proceedings and project managing major public inquiries. Rebecca also appears as an advocate at Local Plan Hearings alongside advising local authorities and promoters of sites on Local Plan policy development, strategy, representations and challenge. Rebecca also advises on environmental implications on redevelopment and acquisition/disposal of contaminated land.
Examples of Rebecca's recent projects include advising Crest Nicholson Plc (working alongside the DIO) on securing permission for 2000 units on Arborfield Garrison; advising Countryside Properties on Kingsmere at SW Bicester being circa 2400 units; advising Gallagher Estates on the new town at Northstowe, Cambridgeshire for circa 10,000 units; and advising Taylor Wimpey in relation to Emersons Green, Bristol for circa 2500 units and employment.
Rebecca is recognised as a leader in the field of Planning Law by the Legal 500 and the Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession.
