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A proactive dual-discipline senior Chartered Surveyor and former Chartered Town Planner, with double-Masters : a LLM in Advanced Commercial Property Law, and a Masters in Town and Country Planning, with 50 years experience, which are serious academic credentials distinguishing him in his field in Wales.
A determined advocate for his Clients with a robust focus on achieving positive outcomes, he thrives on overcoming problems and making difficult projects happen.
He applies forensic legal skills to contentious issues to persuade decision-makers and acts in challenges and appeals and often appears as an Independent Expert Witness in property disputes in the civil Courts.
He is accredited by Cardiff University Law School as an Expert Witness in civil litigation.
His instructions come from appreciative returning clients and an ever widening network of professional connections including developers, landed estates, politicians, senior Council officers, Bangor Diocese, Trustees of chapels and charities, GP’s, and members of the legal profession.
Advocacy in Planning Appeals
Written Representations
Hearings
Public Inquiries
Development Feasibility
Planning Policies
Interpretation
Compliance
Breaches
Enforcement
Lawfulness
Breaches | Enforcement | S52/106 Revocation/Removal | Abandonment
Intensification | Lawfulness | Permitted Development | Conditions
Use Classe Issues | Agricultural Ties | Holiday Home Use Classes & Rating Disputes | Overlapping PP’s
Resurrecting ‘old’ Permissions (e.g. a ‘forgotten’ 1973 PP certified as extant)
Land Use | New Builds | Commercial Housing | Replacements
Conversions | Conservation | Heritage | Tourism | Energy
Applications for Planning Permission / Variations / Discharge of Conditions
Certificates of Lawfulness – Existing and Proposed | Drafting Statutory Declarations
Chartered Surveyor Expert Witness
Evidence in Land/Property Litigation
CPR Part 35 Independent Written & Oral Evidence
Highly Experienced
Land Use | New Builds | Conversions
Conservation | Heritage | Tourism
Welsh Language | Retail |
Sustainability | Transport
Masters in Advanced Commercial Property Law & Masters in Town & Country Planning
(A Planning Lawyer+ a Planning Consultant – Potent Inter-related Academic Credentials of Value to Clients)
Former Chartered Member RTPI – Member of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
Cardiff University Law School Accredited Expert Witness (Civil)
Close ties to associate Architects, Landscape Designers, Surveyors, Transport/ Drainage/ Flood Risk Engineers,
Ecologists, Arboriculturists, Archaeologists, and Lawyers