Lynsey is a senior associate in Shepherd and Wedderburn’s Planning and Environment team, and is qualified in both Scotland (2016), and England and Wales (2022).
She has extensive expertise advising on complex planning matters, including application and appeal strategy, EIA and HRA matters, and planning agreements.
Lynsey specialises in the consenting of large-scale energy and infrastructure developments across the UK, and advising on residential developments within Scotland.
Her experience includes:
- Advising on DCO applications for offshore wind and solar projects, carbon capture and storage, and highways schemes;
- Advising on s.36 applications for a range of renewable energy developments in Scotland, including onshore and offshore wind, and pumped storage hydro;
- Acting for land promoters in statutory appeals against Scottish Ministers’ determination of a planning appeal; and
- Advising housing developers in relation to appeals against the local authority’s refusal of planning for residential development.
Lynsey has been identified as an Associate to Watch by Chambers and Partners and a Leading Associate by Legal 500, and is a member of the Planning and Development Committee of the Scottish Property Federation.
