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Cairo Nickolls

Partner | Birmingham

About Cairo

Cairo provides planning law advice to clients who want to deliver and invest in real estate. This includes developers, landowners and public sector authorities. He is particularly known for his work for housebuilders, commercial developers, strategic land promoters and property regeneration companies.  

Cairo’s practice includes advising on: 

  • Section 106 Agreements and the related issues that arise
  • Highways and other infrastructure agreements
  • Certificates of lawfulness
  • Strategic planning, development and highways advice, from pre-application through to completion of the development, including: 
    • Legal audits of planning applications
    • Advice on appeals and call-ins
    • Advice on local plan issues
    • Advice on overlapping planning permissions, the use of s73, the “grey belt” and other topical legal issues
  • Issues that arise during real estate transactions
  • The Community Infrastructure Levy
  • BNG, nutrients and natural capital
  • Planning litigation

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