Rebecca is a planning specialist, carrying out a wide range of planning work at the firm. She is consistently recognised as a key lawyer within the planning team in the Legal 500 rankings.
Rebecca acts for local authorities on drafting and negotiating Section 106 and highway agreements and has led and provided vital input on a number of complex, significant projects. She regularly advises local authorities in relation to decision-making, legal challenges and planning enforcement issues.
Rebecca also works for developers and private individuals/action groups and has drafted a number of successful objection letters opposing schemes.
Before joining Sharpe Pritchard Rebecca trained and worked at a top-tier environmental, planning and public law firm, where she worked on judicial and statutory review claims and nuisance proceedings, as well as matters concerning public rights of way, village greens and commons.
She has a breadth of experience across the planning practice and is able to offer guidance, support and representation to clients in a variety of transactional and contentious matters.
I can only speak very highly of Rebecca and her professional skills and abilities
Private Client
Rebecca and Nona were fantastic all throughout trying to get quite a difficult agreement over the line. I was kept updated throughout which was great over such a lengthy project.
Highway Authority
Emily & Rebecca were extremely approachable, informative and relatable... They helped us achieve the best position possible… Should we require further assistance in the future, we would not hesitate to consult with Emily & Rebecca – an honest and forthright team.
Private Client
18 March 2025
On 11 March 2025, the Government introduced the Planning and Infrastructure Bill into Parliament with a promise to speed up planning decisions and ‘get Britain building’. Sharpe Pritchard’s Planning and Parliamentary team have been analysing the likely implications of the Bill in recent weeks. The focus of this article is on the aspects of the…
Read more11 February 2025
On 10 December 2024, the Court of Appeal delivered a significant judgment in Test Valley Borough Council v Chala Fiske [2024] EWCA Civ 1541, providing essential guidance on the scope of planning condition variations permissible under section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. This decision has substantial implications for local planning authorities…
Read more15 April 2024
A number of significant changes to the planning enforcement regime will come into effect from 25th April 2024. Perhaps the most notable of these is a change to the time period in which Local Planning Authorities can take enforcement action against unauthorised development. Some of these changes are explored in this article. The changes are…
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