Josepha Horne

Amid the evolving planning landscape, Josepha has advised on off-site biodiversity net gain unit purchases and related planning obligations, planning enforcement issues and ‘subject to planning’ purchase agreements. Her work on highways issues extends to public rights of way, town and village greens and compulsory purchase orders. Josepha works with a diverse client base, including landowners, land promoters, developers, statutory undertakers and local planning authorities on large mixed use schemes. Her experience spans high rise inner city redevelopment and residential-led town expansions and smaller high value development schemes across a breadth of sectors including housebuilding, hotels, retail, town regeneration projects and the care sector.

With a background in real estate law, Josepha is able to approach planning and development matters with a good understanding of the difficulties and considerations that may arise during a matter from a real estate perspective. This can include title constraints, conditional contracts and variations of covenants and easements that may be required to allow a development to proceed or deal with an objection to a compulsory purchase order. At all times, Josepha brings a pragmatic approach, drawing on her knowledge of planning law, her experience of the planning system and her understanding of her client’s goals and prerogatives for a project.