David has nearly 30 years' experience in the field of planning and environmental assessment to support major infrastructure projects across the energy, transportation and industrial sectors, and has worked in the UK and overseas. David has worked in both consultancy and client-side organisations to deliver a range of major projects under various planning regimes and legal vehicles. He has acted as expert witness at Public Inquiries and is a contributing author to several technical texts in the field of environmental impact assessment and consenting for major projects.

Primary Skills: Project management, expert witness, Development Consent Orders, hybrid Bill, Habitats Regulations Assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment, Sustainability Appraisal, route optimisation, stakeholder engagement, critical review, Energy Consents Unit (ECU) applications (Scotland), Developments of National Significance (DNS) (Wales), Section 37 consents.