Hanna is Head of Tozers' specialist Planning team and also leads the Local Authorities sector group at Tozers.
Hanna specialises in residential and mixed-use schemes and holiday and leisure developments, including hotels, in both rural and urban settings. She also has expertise in greenfield and urban regeneration schemes involving compulsory purchase and a range of delivery vehicles.
Hanna collaborates across the teams and sectors and Tozers, including Real Estate and Parks, and provides specialist planning advice on a wide range of property transactions and development projects. Hanna’s clients include landowners, developers, local authorities, registered providers, strategic land promoters as well as planning consultants and architects.
Hanna trained and qualified in the city and has worked in leading law firms in London and the South West. She also has client-side experience in a strategic planning role for a large unitary authority. This breadth of experience makes her agile and able to tailor her advice to meet different client needs.
Hanna especially enjoys working on multidisciplinary projects with other legal experts and built environment professionals. Her mottos are client service, teamwork, and collaboration.
Outside of work, Hanna enjoys fetching sticks for her beloved but bossy Jack Russell.
Hanna qualified as a solicitor in 2011 and holds an MA (Oxon) in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, as well as an MSc in Development Studies.
“I am passionate about the benefits of planning and regeneration and enjoy helping clients find practical, cost-effective solutions in a changing regulatory environment.”
Hanna Virta