Max Howarth

Max is a legal director in the projects department. He provides legal advice and assistance on all aspects of planning and highways law including local planning authority decision-making, the local plan process (including neighbourhood planning), section 106 agreements, section 38 and 278 agreements, Community Infrastructure Levy, planning enforcement, certificates of lawfulness, permitted development rights, and judicial and statutory review.

Max has significant experience working in the public sector, having worked for two Warwickshire-based local authorities at district and county levels.

His expertise includes acting as the legal adviser to planning committees, providing advice on the local plan process (including neighbourhood planning), Community Infrastructure Levy, planning enforcement, certificates of lawfulness, permitted development rights, and judicial and statutory review.

He has significant experience in drafting and negotiating complex section 106 agreements required concerning major residential-led mixed-use schemes.