About
Claire Barritt is a Senior Associate in the Planning Law team at Ashtons Legal in England. She specialises in planning law, commercial property and public sector governance, drafts and negotiates planning and infrastructure agreements, qualified as a solicitor in 2003 and joined private practice in 2015 after a long public-sector legal career (including as Head of Legal and Democratic Services and Corporate Services for an urban authority); she has lectured at University Campus, Colchester and has been a charity trustee for 4YP.
Practice areas
PlanningReal Estate / Commercial PropertyPublic Sector / Local GovernmentInfrastructure
Office
Expertise
S106 agreements & unilateral undertakingsHighways agreementsPlanning applications, conditions and viability assessmentsFlood risk and flood management plansListed buildings & tree preservation ordersJudicial review and enforcementAffordable housing, residential and mixed-use developmentsPublic sector governance; NERC duties and Habitats Directive advice
Admissions
- Qualified as a solicitor, 2003