Martyn joined Town at the beginning of 2025 from Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, where he practiced for 9 years. Martyn has significant experience advising on all aspects of complex major mixed-use regeneration projects, commercial development projects in London, and on the promotion and delivery of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects. He has been consistently ranked as a Leading Associate for Planning in London in the Legal 500.
Experience:
QTS Data Centres / Blackstone
Advising on the proposals for a £10bn artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing data centre campus at the former Power Station site in Cambois, near Blyth, within the North East AI Growth Zone.
Axa IM Alts
Advising on proposals for Fairbanks Studios, the redevelopment of approximately 50% of the BBC Elstree Centre TV and film studio, which includes the transformation of current studios and ancillary spaces to a modern media campus for the high-end TV and independent film industry.
LandSec U+I
Advising on proposals for Project Hartree, the redevelopment of a new urban quarter in Cambridge comprising approximately 5,600 homes, shops, workplaces, education, community and leisure facilities, and open spaces across 48 hectares of brownfield land.
Trina Solar UK
Advising on proposals or a 30MW battery storage facility in Frome, Sommerset and the securing of planning permission on appeal.
The Wellcome Trust
Advising on proposals for the redevelopment of Evelyn Gardens in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to convert the former student accommodation halls back to residential accommodation.
Waypoint Asset Management Limited
Advising on the planning aspects of the acquisition of The PRS REIT Holding Company Limited, which held the entirety of the PRS REIT’s property portfolio, for an estimated value of £628 million.
BL CW Holdings Limited (British Land)
Advising British Land on its proposals for the Canada Water Masterplan in Southwark, a 53-acre major mixed use regeneration project.
AQUIND Limited
Advising on the promotion of the AQUIND Interconnector Order seeking development consent for a 2GW underground and subsea interconnector between the UK and France on all aspects of the DCO promotion, including on novel issues and procedure associated with the redetermination of the DCO application.
The Madison Square Garden Company
Providing strategic planning advice on the proposals for the MSG Sphere London, a state-of-the-art 21,500 capacity music and entertainment venue with an illuminated external façade in Stratford City.
Legal & General and Sine QN
Advising in connection with proposals for a 77MW hyperscale data centre and supporting energy centre, including proposals for recycling heat for district heating projects, within the London Docklands in the London Borough of Newham.