Nagla Stevens
Nagla qualified in January 2005 and joined Birketts in September 2024 from London Borough of Southwark where she was Head of Law (Planning & Development) and Deputy Monitoring Officer.
Prior to that Nagla worked at Invicta Law where she advised Kent County Council in respect of several developments including at Chilmington Green, Sturry, Dover Rapid Bus Transport System and a number of DCOs. She also advised the Minerals & Waste Authority.
She spent nearly 7 years at Government Legal Department (GLD) in several different positions including as planning litigator where she advised PINs and the Secretary of State in relation to planning and highways litigation (JRs, section 288s, section 289s) in the High Court, Court of Appeal and UKSC.
During her time at GLD Nagla also worked in-house at MCHCLG as an advisory lawyer advising in relation to called-in and recovered appeals, the development of new planning policy & legislation (e.g. permission in principle, deemed discharge of conditions) and drafted the consolidation of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015.
Nagla joins Birketts with significant experience advising in relation to the full range of planning law matters including drafting s106 agreements, highways advice, enforcement and related governance advice. She has also regularly provided training for new planning committee members and attends planning committee as legal adviser.
Nagla enjoys advising on complex legal matters and has been commended for being pragmatic and solutions focused. Nagla is based in our Sevenoaks office.