Legal And Regulatory Compliance
The company is able to provide a wide range of services to the mineral and waste industries, detailed under the following categories:
Mining Law
The company has experience in the preparation of Proofs of Evidence related to Mining Code compensation claims associated with a range of utility and transport applications. This includes appearance as expert witnesses. As Chartered Surveyors we are able to provide direct access and instructions to Counsel as required.
Water Licensing
The company has a wealth of experience in relation to water licensing and submitting a range of applications including Environmental Permits for Point Source Discharges and Works in Rivers Consents. The company prides itself on having good relations with the regulatory and statutory bodies enabling swift resolution of any area of dispute.
Public Rights of Way
The company has a sound knowledge base of the legislation and its application associated with Public Rights of Way diversions and closures temporary or permanent. In addition, the company is able to offer advice and services in relation to any maintenance requirements thereafter.
Compliance Auditing
The company is able to provide a comprehensive audit in all matters be they planning, tenure or environmental permitting for any given site, with an understandable report provided to the client.
Compulsory Purchase
The company has experience in the management of clients interests through the Compulsory Purchase process. This includes day to day liaison with the given statutory undertaker or their appointed agent through to the preparation of valuations to underpin any claims.
Business Rates
Business Rates are usually one of the largest overheads for commercial property occupiers and are an extremely complicated property tax dating back over 400 years.
Minerals and Waste rating assessments are particularly complicated as they are changed every year often resulting in numerous bills being issued with complex transitional arrangements needing to be taken into account.
David L Walker Ltd can provide a comprehensive service from the initial valuation of the property to checking the correct liability has been demanded. This may involve disputing the Valuation Officer's valuation through their “check/challenge/appeal” process or making sure that the billing authority has applied all available reliefs.
We can also provide budgeting and forecasting advice for cost planning purposes.