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Rory is a Planning and Local Government Partner based in our Edinburgh office.

Rory specialises in planning matters in both the public and private sector with an impressive track record in housing and regeneration projects, including negotiating planning agreements, compulsory purchase advice, planning appeals, and listed building consent advice.

Rory leads our Local Government team which is praised in the Legal 500 guide 2021 "for its handling of the full scope of local government work. Experienced in acting for local authorities in a range of matters including appeals, judicial reviews and local public inquiries. Additional capabilities instructing on complex monitoring officer investigations and reports". Uniquely, Rory is individually ranked for both Local Government and Planning Law in the Chambers & Partners Guide 2021 and is "respected for his expertise in representing local authorities on a range of matters", and "adept at advising local authorities, developers and landowners in relation to large scale development projects". Rory also heads our Environmental & Climate Change Unit.

He is also a legal associate of the Royal Town Planning Institute and a Writer to Her Majesty's Signet.