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Band 2

Planning

London (Bar)

30 Years Ranked

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Provided by Neil Cameron KC

UK Bar

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Neil has extensive experience in planning, compulsory purchase, parliamentary and environmental work. He sits as a Deputy High Court Judge, including in the Planning Court.

Major planning inquiries include: Park Plaza Hotel Westminster Bridge Road, London; Custom House (Grade 1 listed building in London); The Tulip (305 m tall visitor attraction in London);Cribbs Causeway (retail), Leeds NGT (Transport and Works Act).

He has deep knowledge and experience in residential schemes at section 78 appeals and at local plan examinations.

He has acted for retirement housing developers over many years.

He acted in Parliament on petitions in relation to Crossrail and HS2. In 2023 he appeared for the Greater Manchester local authorities on the HS2 Phase 2b Bill. He continues to act for the GM local authorities on the HS2 Bill (now part of the Liverpool to Manchester route). He promoted the Middle Level Act 2018 in the House of Commons and House of Lords opposed bill committees.

He appears in the courts at all levels from the High Court to the Supreme Court. Those appearances include:

- R (Wright) v. Forest of Dean and Resilient Severndale [2019] UKSC 53 (whether payments to a community benefit fund are a material consideration)

- Dover District Council v. CPRE [2017] UKSC 79 (the duty on local planning authorities to give reasons)

- Morge v. Hampshire County Council [2011] UKSC 2 (consideration of the Habitats Directive -2011).

- R (Pickett and Cook) v. RBKC [2024] EWHC 42(Admin) – interpretation and application of noise policy.

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