Senior Associate
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Aranya specialises in infrastructure planning, and parliamentary law in particular the authorisation of major infrastructure projects under the Planning Act 2008, and the Transport and Works Act 1992.
These include schemes in the energy, transport and airport sectors. Aranya advises promotors and objectors on all aspects of the consenting process. Her experience includes scheme development (including optioneering), consenting strategy, advice on complex environmental matters, advising on the examination/inquiry process and negotiating third party agreements. Aranya also has experience in judicial review and securing material and non-material changes to made Development Consent Orders.
Aranya offers expertise in statutory drafting and parliamentary procedure. She is one of a small number of lawyers who has advised on the promotion of private Bills in Parliament in recent years.
She was a founding member of the National Infrastructure Planning Association Early Years Practitioners network.
Jurisdiction: England and Wales
Experience
- Advised on two solar projects and an energy from waste facility. These were of national significance and the subject of development consent order applications.
- Advised on the reopening of an airport under the Planning Act 2008. Acted as the lead advisor throughout a redetermination process following a judicial review claim, resulting in the development consent order being re-made.
- Advised on the promotion of three private Bills in Parliament.
Related sectors
Future energy
Government & public services
Solar PV lawyers | Renewable energy lawyers
Energy storage lawyers | Battery storage, clean energy, power purchase agreements
Local government
Central government
Related services
Projects, infrastructure & construction
Infrastructure and energy
Insights & events
Infrastructure Planning Blog 45: Largest solar DCO granted and other news
Infrastructure Planning Blog 44: Plans, purdah and publication
Local Government Lawyer: A return to Regional Police Authorities?
Infrastructure Planning Blog 43: Slow, slow, quick, no go for infrastructure planning
Introducing The Balancing Act: Three takeaways from our opening conversation
Infrastructure Planning Blog 42: Nuclear reforms, discharge of requirements and NPPF changes
Infrastructure Planning Blog 41: New Welsh guidance, the use of AI in planning and other updates
Northern Ireland Planning and Environment update: Minerals
Infrastructure Planning Blog 40: A conference and another revocation
Infrastructure consent order regime in Wales: Updates
Infrastructure Planning Blog 39: Fenwick Solar Farm, Sizewell C and EIA case law
Infrastructure Planning Blog 38: A new wind DCO, and European streamlining
Infrastructure Planning Blog 37: Fission 'n' chippy
The Supreme Court reverses hair-trigger termination for late payment: Providence v Hexagon
Infrastructure Planning Blog 36: Application Fees, the Holocaust Memorial, data centres and correction orders
Infrastructure Planning Blog 35: Water, electricity markets, delays
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