Stuart leads the planning and highways team and is a well-respected solicitor recognised as an expert in the planning and highways area of law. He supports many local authority planning committees as the committee solicitor providing trusted and considered advice to officers and members on complicated legal and member interest issues.
Stuart also supports many other public bodies and bespoke organisations in relation to all forms of regulatory agreements providing detailed advice on a variety of subjects, including the interaction between planning and local government law, highways law and local government compulsory purchase.
Stuart has over 20 years of experience in the local government circle working for district and unitary authorities. He knows how local government and the planning system works.
My specialisms
- Local government
- Planning
- Highways
- Environmental
- Licensing
My insights
Planning reform: What can we expect?
The new Government was quick out of the blocks in publishing a draft revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)....
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Government launches eagerly anticipated NPPF consultation: Summary of the proposed key changes
The Government has provided further details of its proposed ‘overhaul’ of the planning system, with the publication of a revised version...
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Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023: Compulsory purchase reforms
On 1 March 2024, the Department of Levelling Up Housing and Communities wrote to chief planning officers in Homes England and all CEOs of...
Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023: Compulsory purchase reforms
CPO powers are notoriously inflexible and difficult to use and of course their use needs to be balanced against the...