Legal Director
Lauren has over 15 years’ experience of advising clients on Development Consent Orders (DCOs), Transport and Works Act Orders (TWAOs) and hybrid bills. She works collaboratively with a project team’s consultants and has a breadth of expertise advising on railway, highway, energy, solar and flood defence projects for both public and private sector clients.
Lauren advises on all aspects of the consenting process to ensure the legal robustness of applications including consultation, policy compliance, environmental impact assessment requirements, order drafting and negotiating agreements with third parties. Lauren also advises clients throughout the examination process including preparing for public inquiries and hearings.
Jurisdiction: England & Wales.
Experience
- Acting on the promotion of East West Rail
- Acting on the promotion of several DCOs for National Highways, including the Lower Thames Crossing
- Acting on the successful promotion of a Tidal Flood barrier in Boston
- Advising local authorities on HS2 Phase 2B
- Advising on several solar DCOs
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Insights & events
Infrastructure Planning Blog 29: The Nuclear Regulatory Review, Data Centres and Heathrow third runway
Infrastructure Planning Blog 27 - High Court cases, the Nuclear NPS and the Planning & Infrastructure Bill latest
Infrastructure Planning Blog 25 - A solar DCO, data centres, carbon budgets and other updates
Infrastructure Planning Blog 17 - Data centres: infrastructure planning reforms with a bit of byte
Infrastructure Planning Blog 15: The Immingham Ro-Ro DCO challenge, and the Aarhus Convention
TLT advises Eiffel Investment Group and BTS on financing for nine new biomethane plants in Italy
TLT advises FCA-authorised Sunsave on the roll-out of the UK’s first solar subscription
Nick Evans joins TLT as partner placing the firm at the helm of infrastructure, planning, public law and future energy in the UK
