Land Use and Zoning

Americans' attitudes toward use of the land have shifted dramatically since the 1970s, from exploitation to stewardship and conservation. Now, permits to use land are harder than ever to obtain and, perhaps paradoxically, to oppose.

Business Strategy

Our land use practice is an alliance of lawyers, professional planners, and environmental analysts who focus their combined resources on this area of the law. We understand today's regulatory thicket and take an active role in the shaping of planning and development trends throughout the country. Our in-depth involvement with all areas of land use practice ranges from jurisdictions in New England to Hawaii. We frequently appear before reviewing bodies at the federal, state, and local levels around the country, gaining essential knowledge about procedures, personalities, and inclinations.

Personal Service

Lawyers in our Land Use Group handle a full range of complex issues facing developers and conservationists, including the following:

• Adaptive Reuse


• Affordable Housing


• Brownfields Redevelopment


• Business Transactions and Due Diligence


• Coastal Development


• Condemnations and Takings


• Coordinating Counsel


• Development Permitting


• Housing


• Land Use and Development Litigation


• Property Rights


• Property Tax Appeals


• Religious Rights and Land Use


• Regulation and Ordinance Drafting


• Smart Growth


• Wetlands, Watercourse, and Waterways Permitting

WHAT’S NEW

6.10.13

Chambers USA Ranks Robinson & Cole in Five Practices, Names 17 Attorneys as Leading Lawyers