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 eleven 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.

Stansted Airport
Increase in passenger numbers.

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.