Paul Arnett

Senior Associate, Town Legal LLP


Paul is a Senior Associate at Town Legal. Paul worked in Government at the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government and the Department for Transport before joining Town. While in Government, Paul advised on the CPO reforms in the Housing and Planning Act 2016 and Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017, and the revisions to the national Compulsory Purchase Guidance. Paul also advised on high profile called in and recovered planning matters and the 2018 revisions to the NPPF. Since joining Town, Paul has undertaken a broad mix of planning, CPO, and infrastructure work, including: advising on the £9 billion pound Battersea Power Station redevelopment; advising a landowner in the vicinity of Euston Station on a high value complex CPO compensation claim against HS2; for Curzon Park Limited in the Curzon Park CAAD litigation; and acting for a major landowner in its objection to the A303 Stonehenge DCO negotiating a complex lands and works agreement with Highways England.