Leo Cunningham-Baily

Leo has developed his professional knowledge in both public and private sectors, benefiting from practical experience across a wide range of planning disciplines. He led consultant teams on residential, industrial, utilities and renewable energy projects. Leo has experience of working across consenting routes, including traditional planning applications, Transport and Work Act Orders and Development Consent Orders. Leo has also benefitted from a secondment to Transport for London, working as a consents advisor on the Rotherhithe to Canary Wharf crossing.

Leo also worked as part of the specialist team assembled at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to deliver the Government’s ambitious National Infrastructure Planning Reform Programme. This has provided him with a good understanding of the internal workings of Government, and a holistic view of the Planning Act 2008 process and the proposed reform programme.