Nick de Lotbinière - Senior Director

Qualifications:

BSC in Estate Management, Reading University
MPhil Environmental Planning, Reading University
Member of Royal Town Planning Institute
Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Summary of Experience:

Nick specialises in major planning and development projects in London and the South East. He was for several years a retained planning adviser to English Partnerships.

Nick has made representations or appeared at many of the London UDP inquiries, including Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, Hackney, Camden, Tower Hamlets and Hammersmith & Fulham. He has excellent contacts with most London planning authorities and the GLA. He has extensive experience as an expert witness at planning inquiries of all types. Nick is also a recognised speaker at conferences on planning practice and legislation.

Recent instructions involve a range of clients including MWB, Grosvenor, Chelsfield, Minerva, Arlington Securities, Harrods, Kent County Council, NatWest, Helical Bar, Gallaghers, BT, Northacre and the National Trust

Nick also regularly acts for residents, residents associations and others in representing their views throughout the planning process.

Project Experience:

Blackwall Way, London Borough of Tower Hamlets
700 homes plus mixed uses in London's Docklands

Land at Cippenham, Slough, Slough Borough Council
1,200 houses, community centre, retail, leisure, and District Park

Cooks Road , London Borough of Newham
a major mixed employment/residential regeneration scheme on the edge of Stratford

Land west of Stevenage, Stevenage Borough Council
5,000 houses west of Stevenage - represented English Partnerships

Royal Docks , London Borough of Newham
large scale mixed use residential development

195 Knightsbridge, City of Westminster
a 207 unit residential development with a commuted payment for affordable housing of £3.5m.

High Street, Hounslow, London Borough of Hounslow
regeneration of town centre

Harrods, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
new events venue in Harrods store

Kensington Village, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
restructuring of planning permissions for Kensington Village in Hammersmith to create a £80 million investment, securing unrestricted B1 office floor space and a favourable Section 106 Agreement.