Simon specialises in planning, compulsory purchase and related public law issues in relation to major mixed-use development schemes across England. Before co-founding Town he was head of planning and environmental law first at SJ Berwin and then King & Wood Mallesons. He has been ranked as the country’s most highly rated planning solicitor for the last eight years running in Planning magazine’s annual survey. He is author of the Simonicity planning law blog.

Experience:

British Land
Blossom Street, Shoreditch

Lands Improvement Holdings
Houghton Regis urban extension

Quintain
Wembley regeneration

Fawley Waterside
Former Fawley power station site development, Hampshire

Richborough Estates
Suffolk Coastal Supreme Court proceedings

The Collective
Old Oak co-living

Mount Anvil
Whitechapel Central

Capital and Regional
Walthamstow town centre

London Eye
London Eye retention