Environmental and urban law
The Firm obtains the environmental and urban planning authorizations a project needs and verifies that they are complied with from planning through to the execution of the works.
Schöndube · Fernández · López Madrigal advises developers, investors and companies with construction projects in verifying that the land, its intended use and the works comply with environmental and urban planning provisions, both before investing and during the execution of the project.
What is environmental and urban law?
A plot of land cannot be put to just any use simply because it was purchased: the urban development plan determines what may be built on it, and the environmental authority decides whether the project may go ahead, under what conditions and with what prior studies, so that works that proceed without those authorizations may be sanctioned, suspended or shut down, and correcting that situation afterwards costs more than obtaining the authorizations in time.
In coastal and jungle areas, like much of Quintana Roo, those rules are joined by the rules of the federal maritime-terrestrial zone and of protected natural areas, so it is advisable to begin reviewing the land before buying it and not once the plans already exist.
Environmental and urban planning services
Environmental impact assessment
We prepare the studies and carry out the procedures that demonstrate to the authority that a project complies with environmental and urban planning regulations, and we obtain the authorizations and licenses that assessment requires.
Forest land-use change
We prepare the technical justification study the authority requires in order to authorize a change of land use on forest land, so that the project demonstrates that biodiversity, soil erosion and environmental services are not compromised.
Federal maritime-terrestrial zone
We advise on works connected to beaches and federal zones, including the rights of way, public access and financial compensation each one entails.
Developments in protected natural areas
We guide projects located in ecological reserves, such as Sian Ka’an, on the construction, height and siting limits and the sustainable infrastructure requirements that apply to them.
Environmental liability
We help the company prevent environmental damage and the financial penalties and remediation obligations that may arise from it, through a review of its operations and of the authorizations it holds.
Environmental due diligence
We review the environmental status and the authorizations of a plot of land or a project before its purchase, to detect environmental liabilities and missing permits while they can still be negotiated.
How we work
We handle matters spanning Mexico, the United States and Europe in Spanish and English, so that an investor or developer located in another country has a single team and a single legal criterion.
More information
Enquiries are received at info@schondube.com and by telephone at +52 (998) 881 1970.
Schöndube · Fernández · López Madrigal. Edificio Atrium, interior 410, Avenida Nichupté, Número 20, Manzana 2, Supermanzana 19, Cancún, Benito Juárez, Quintana Roo, México, C.P. 77500
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