Merrett & Co Solicitors

read moreThere is always a conflict between the desire to develop and the desire to protect land from development, planning is highly political and specialist planning solicitors can ensure that you win the battle of these two competing interests. Merrett and Co Solicitors are a boutique planning and environmental law firm established for 22 years, our solicitors have over 30 years of experience, both in Local Government and private practice, having worked with authorities, both in-house and for developers and consequently have strong working relationships with planning authorities throughout the country.

read moreTracey Merrett, is a solicitor of 32 years post qualification experience in local government, planning and environmental law. She worked for four local authorities as an employee before joining Norton Rose in London to specialise in planning law. After joining Masons in London to head up their Environmental Law department, Tracey returned to Bristol to live and worked for Wansbroughs Willey Hargrave before being head hunted by Osborne Clarke to set up their planning department. Having achieved this, Tracey set up her own niche practice in 1995, specialising in planning, environmental and local government law.