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. He has been ranked joint 11th in Planning Resource’s 2025 Planning Law Survey of the highest-rated individual planning solicitors in private practice.
My specialisms
- Local government
- Planning
- Highways
- Environmental
- Licensing
My insights
Some great ideas are reaping rewards, but more focus is needed to boost the development of affordable homes There is so much positivity and creative thinking in the housing sector generally at the moment, but can housing associations and others...
From policy ambition to place-making reality Day two delivered sharp debate, a few hot topic moments and some genuinely honest conversations about what it actually takes to turn...
UKREiiF reflections – connections, clarity and a sector full of opportunity UKREiiF continues to prove itself as more than a conference, it’s where various sectors across the public and private space come together...
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)....