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Martin Carter KC

Martin Carter KC

UK Bar 2026

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Ranked in 1 practice area

Planning

Northern/North Eastern (Bar)

6 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

All aspects of town and country planning, compulsory purchase, highways, towns and village greens, environment, together with administrative and public law and local government.

Career

New College, Oxford MA (Oxon), BA (Jurisprudence) [First Class]; Member of MiddleTemple; Called 1992; Joined Chambers 1992; Appointed to Provincial Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown.

Professional Memberships

Planning & Environmental Bar Association; Administrative Law Bar Association; Northern Circuit; North Eastern Circuit.

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Planning - Northern/North Eastern (Bar)

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Martin Carter undertakes a range of planning work on behalf of local authorities and developers. He regularly deals with housing appeals, including those with housing supply issues. He also has significant experience in town and village green cases, highways matters and compulsory purchase issues. He frequently appears before public inquiries and planning appeals.

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Strengths

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  • Martin Carter is a really strong advocate, excellent at cross-examination and good at communicating with the team.

    PlanningUK Bar

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