Carina is a planning lawyer based in London. She acts for a range of clients including private developers, institutional investors, local authorities, charities, retailers, utility companies and student accommodation providers.

Carina’s experience includes strategic advice on planning applications, permitted development rights, listed building consents, development consent orders and the Community Infrastructure Levy. She regularly negotiates planning and highway agreements and also advises on acquisitions and disposals (single properties and portfolio sales), as well as financings. In addition, Carina has particular expertise in contentious matters, regularly advising on planning appeals, judicial review claims, statutory challenges, enforcement cases, advertisement discontinuance notice appeals and compulsory purchase and compensation claims (including references to the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber)).  

Carina has written for publications such as The Sunday Times, PrimeResi and LexisNexis. She is also a regular public speaker, with examples including seminars to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors on changes of use and viability.

Carina is recognised as a “Key Lawyer” in the Legal 500: 2022 (Planning). 

“Carina Wentzel is truly exceptional. Hugely personably, terrifyingly intelligent, and totally on top of all of the deals all of the time. She works extremely hard and understands both the law and the client’s commercial objectives in a way that only a first-rate solicitor can” – Legal 500, 2022