Chris worked in local government for eight years before joining Town, most recently for Westminster City Council / Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, with earlier experience at two green belt authorities. Chris has experience of advising on many aspects of planning law, particularly drafting and negotiating planning and highways agreements; planning appeals; judicial reviews; strategic advice; CIL advice; planning committees; and general development management, policy and enforcement issues. He was ranked in joint first place in Planning magazine’s planning law survey 2021, in the local authority planning lawyer category.

Experience: 

Fawley Waterside
Former Fawley power station site development, Hampshire.

Native Land
Bankside Yards, Southwark.

London Borough of Islington
Holloway Prison redevelopment, Islington.

Vistry Partnerships
Perceval House, Ealing.

Arun District Council
Strategic sites – BEW and West of Bersted.

British Land
Meadowhall Shopping Centre, Sheffield.

Oldrid & Co.
Downtown, Grantham.

Westminster City Council
8 Albert Embankment inquiry; St James’s Market / 33 Vauxhall Bridge Road; Broadway Complex; New World Payphones High Court proceedings.

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Newcombe House; 100 West Cromwell Road; William Sutton Estate; Thurloe Lodge Limited High Court proceedings.

Guildford Borough Council
Former Wisley Airfield; Howard of Effingham, Effingham.