Meet The Team

Linda is a planning and local government law solicitor with over 25 years’ experience of the English legal system. As a planning lawyer, Linda deals with the legal aspects of planning proposals; our planning team deals with the planning merits of the same. Together, our planning and legal teams provide the expertise, experience and practical ability to positively promote the best interests of our clients.

Linda spent many years as a senior local government planning lawyer, at three separate local authorities; including a London Borough and a rural authority. During that time, her work included advising officers, advising elected members at committee on a vast range of planning, enforcement and local government related matters; dealing with appeals, drafting planning and other notices, directions and orders, prosecuting offenders and defending authorities against judicial review applications.

Linda left local government in 1999 to establish her legal practice, which has since expanded to include a planning consultancy. She remains the Managing Partner of LSR Solicitors and Planning Consultants.

Linda regularly advises and acts for private clients in respect of a wide variety of planning and local government law matters. These include the legal aspects of planning applications, appeals, lawful development, defending against enforcement action and prosecutions.

Where appropriate, Linda advises upon and instigates judicial review and other legal proceedings against authorities. She advises on and prepares maladministration complaints to authorities and ultimately to the Local Government Ombudsman; she also advises authorities in respect of any maladministration complaint made against them.

Linda advises and represents clients in respect of property law matters, including boundary disputes, trespass, adverse possession, party wall, rights of way and right to light.

Our firm is also instructed by local authorities, to whom Linda provides legal advice and drafting skills in respect of all aspects of planning and enforcement law and practice. Naturally, we ensure that no conflict of interest exists between clients. Linda also regularly delivers planning and enforcement training courses for planning and enforcement officers, tree, listed building and conservation area officers, conveyancers, property lawyers, architects and surveyors.

Linda’s publications include a series of articles for the Law Society’s ‘Property in Practice’ magazine; having been an executive committee member of the Law Society’s Property Committee. She is in the process of writing a planning enforcement manual. Linda is supported by a dedicated hand-selected team, who share the same ethos of providing a top class service aimed at problem resolution in a way that is most advantageous to our clients.

Anna joined us in March 2013 as our Associate Solicitor, and became a Partner in April 2017. She splits her time between London and Colchester.

Anna carries out planning enforcement work for our Local Authority clients. She thoroughly investigates alleged breaches of planning control, aiming to remedy each case swiftly and amicably; using planning notices where appropriate.

Anna also represents property owners/occupiers in defending enforcement investigations and appealing enforcement notices (including preparing for, and attending, public inquiries); and in prosecutions brought by their Local Authority. She also prepares applications for Certificates of Lawful Development (CLDs) for private clients.

Anna advises Local Authorities, individuals and developers in respect of Section 106 Agreements and Unilateral Undertakings. With attention to detail and commercial awareness, Anna carefully negotiates the terms, with each client’s specific needs in mind.

Anna represents Claimants, Defendants or Interested Parties in Judicial Review proceedings, and the Appellant or the Local Authority in planning/enforcement (s288/s289) High Court appeals. She also deals with maladministration complaints to the Local Government Ombudsman.

Anna advises clients (whether claimant or defendant) in boundary disputes, before, during and after litigation. Anna’s Court work includes drafting Court forms and witness statements, reviewing evidence, working alongside experts, advising clients on costs, strategy, and where possible, negotiating settlement agreements or consent orders via correspondence or through mediation.

Issuing/defending injunction proceedings also features in Anna’s role.

Anna has a good rapport with all of our clients.

Since May 2017, Anna has been a member of the Law Society Property Section Committee; promoting a joined-up approach to planning and property law.

Ella read Law at The University of Essex and joined our practice as a Paralegal in September 2013. She passed her CILEx exams in the summer of 2016, and is now a qualified Legal Executive.

Ella conducts legal research, and works closely with local planning authorities, highways authorities, HM Land Registry, and other statutory bodies. She is involved in planning enforcement work; assisting our private clients, and also drafting planning notices for our planning authority clients.

Ella supports Linda with complex planning and property matters, maintaining close liaison with clients. Ella also regularly assists Anna with civil litigation and Judicial Review cases, preparing Court bundles and costs schedules.

Ella is currently on maternity leave.

Tracey joined LSR in October 2017 as a Legal Assistant, following many years’ service as a police officer in the Metropolitan police.

She supports LSR’s legal team with document proofing and saving, legal research, time recording, preparation and drafting of documents, assisting in client meetings and general administration. Tracey manages the legal team’s diary and workflow, ensuring that deadlines are diarised and met.

Tracey tracks the progress of matters, keeping clients informed at all times. Tracey is currently working towards her CILEx qualification to become a Legal Executive.

Fiona joined LSR in February 2018.

Fiona qualified as a planner in New Zealand in 1997 and moved to the UK in 2001. She obtained chartered membership to the RTPI in 2003.

Prior to joining LSR, Fiona spent 20 years as a local authority planner, with much of that time spent as manager of a development management team, where she managed a team of planners and an enforcement officer, providing planning guidance to colleagues, developers and members of the public. Fiona dealt with a wide range of planning applications and appeals, including enforcement appeals. She regularly attended committee as lead officer to advise members and present applications.

Fiona now manages LSR’s Planning & Enforcement team. She provides planning and enforcement advice to LSR’s private clients as well as local authority clients; and delivers a variety of training courses to LSR’s local authority clients.

John joined our planning team in February 2016, having acquired considerable experience working in-house as a local authority planner. During that time, John dealt with a large variety of planning applications and planning appeals. He regularly attended planning committees to present applications to councillors, in addition to giving planning guidance to colleagues and to members of the public.

John now deals with preparing planning applications and appeals for our private clients, and he also works on planning applications and appeals on behalf of our local authority clients. He assists in providing planning advice and guidance to all of our clients.

In November 2017, John obtained chartered membership of the RTPI.

Tiffany joined our practice in May 2013 as a member of our administrative team, working closely with Rachel to ensure the smooth running of our office and maintaining our high level of client care.

In February 2015, Tiffany moved across to our Planning and Enforcement Team, assisting with policy and other research, letters of objection, planning applications, appeals, enforcement matters, lawful development matters, monitoring case progress and maintaining progress reports, ensuring that regulatory and statutory deadlines are adhered to, and liaising with and updating our clients.

Tiffany is also our Training Coordinator, administering our range of standard, custom and bespoke courses.

Rachel joined our practice in April 2012, with over 14 years’ administrative experience, and has been our Office Manager since August of that year.

Rachel is responsible for the support of our professional teams and the smooth running of the office.

Most importantly of all, Rachel and her team pride themselves on maintaining an excellent level of care and support to our clients.

Trezanne joined our practice in January 2017, and works closely with Rachel to ensure the smooth running of our office and maintaining our high level of client care.

Trezanne is the first point of contact for all new client enquiries.

David joined LSR in the spring of 2017. He has strong investigative skills from his 30 years’ service in the Navy, the military and the police.

David started out his career in the Royal Navy as a marine engineer, later becoming petty officer. On leaving the Royal Navy in 1983, David joined the Metropolitan Police, where he served in many locations across London, with significant spells in various CID departments across the capital. His work included forensics, and management roles.

During the 2012 London Olympics, David was a part of a specialist team dealing with roads and safety around the Olympic Park. He went on to take up a post as a specialist fatal collision and road death investigator, before semi-retiring in 2014.

Having then worked for a local civil engineering company as facilities and logistics manager, David now works as an investigator for LSR, where he investigates breaches of planning control, working closely with our legal and planning teams.