Louise was Head of Planning at Linklaters before joining Town in October 2019. She has a wide range of planning experience, including town extensions and energy/infrastructure projects, but Louise particularly enjoys advising on complex developments within central London. Louise benefits from secondments to Citigroup, BP and the Office for Nuclear Development within the Department of Energy and Climate Change (as was) where Louise was one of the team responsible for the original suite of energy NPSs.

Louise has acted on a number of London’s iconic tall buildings (e.g. the Gherkin, Cheesegrater, Walkie-Talkie, Can of Ham) and global HQs (e.g. UBS, Bloomberg and Goldman Sachs); and also has a strong hotels practice, e.g. The Ned (Soho House hotel at Bank), The Nomad (Covent Garden), The Ritz, 10 Trinity Square and Park Plaza and The Other House hotels. Often due to the scale of the proposals, Louise’s projects tend to have a strong heritage angle. Louise has significant appeal experience, with a number of schemes granted consent following major public inquiries.

Experience:

BentallGreenOak
105 Victoria Street, Westminster; Bury House and Bury Street, City of London

Brookfield
Milton Gate, City of London

CIT Group
Finsbury Tower (HYLO) and Garrett Street, Islington; Vinegar Yard and Colechurch House, Southwark; Grosvenor Gardens House, Westminster

Great Portland Estates plc
New City Court, Southwark; 50 Finsbury Square, Islington; Soho Square Estate and French Railways House, Westminster; Minerva House, Southwark

Hines
18 Blackfriars Road, Southwark

M&G/Nuveen
40 Leadenhall and 40 Holborn Viaduct, City of London

Native Land
Neo Bankside and Bankside Yards, Southwark; St Mary’s Wharf, Guildford; Judd Street, Camden; Burlington Gate, Kilmuir House and 136 Marylebone, Westminster; Holland Park Villas and Cheyne Terrace, RBKC

Park Plaza Hotels
Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth; Park Royal, LLDC; Victoria, Westminster

Starbones Ltd (with Galliard plc)
Chiswick Curve and Holly House, Hounslow

The Other House
The Wellington, Covent Garden and Former Belgravia Police Station, Westminster

The Ritz (London) Limited
The Ritz, Westminster