Bob is a specialist planning lawyer in the National Planning Team at Eversheds. Prior to re-joining Eversheds he held senior positions in local government including the post of City Solicitor and Monitoring Officer at Leeds City Council. His recent experience includes: advising on the planning aspects of the Victoria Gate retail and leisure scheme in Leeds City Centre; advising on Leeds City Council’s Local Plan and advising on the planning and governance aspects of the Council’s residual waste procurement project.

He writes a regular column on legal issues in ‘town & country planning’, the Journal of the Town and Country Planning Association. He is a visiting lecturer at Leeds Metropolitan University and a Legal Associate of the RTPI.