Thomas Hill QC has 30 years’ experience in the fields of planning, environmental, compulsory purchase and related administrative law. He appears regularly at public inquiries, in the High Court and Court of Appeal, acting for a wide variety of developers, local authorities and third party clients.

His practice has for many years encompassed advocacy and advisory work in relation to major infrastructure – with particular emphasis on the airport (runway and terminal expansion), port (container port proposals, HROs and harbour dues litigation) and energy sectors (biofuels, EfW, wind and solar energy). He is the only practising Member of the Bar to have promoted a new full length runway from inception through to opening. He is also very familiar with the full range of issues relating to residential development (including both bringing forward strategic greenfield sites and complex brownfield redevelopment opportunities).

Current work of note includes appeal and advisory work for several UK airports and ports, numerous section 78 appeals for residential developers, as well as appeal and advisory work for many private individuals, with particular emphasis on projects with complex design issues in London. He promoted the adopted Birmingham Development Plan through to adoption and is currently instructed on behalf of a variety of clients to promote strategic allocations in numerous submitted plans across the country.     

Tom has, for many years, been recognised as a Leading Silk for Planning work by Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500.