Cornerstone Barristers welcomes new tenant Simon Bell
Planning & environment, Public law & judicial review, Information law, Property, Local government, Public/direct access
Cornerstone Barristers is delighted to welcome Simon Bell as a new tenant.
Simon is a specialist planning, infrastructure, public, and information law barrister with over 20 years’ experience advising and representing Central Government, local authorities, developers, infrastructure promoters, landowners, community groups and private clients.
His practice focuses on complex planning and infrastructure matters, including Development Consent Orders, planning inquiries, recovered appeals, local plan examinations, judicial review, and planning enforcement. Simon is regularly instructed in high-profile and technically complex cases involving major housing developments, electricity transmission projects, heritage assets, enforcement proceedings, and strategic land promotion.
Simon brings extensive advocacy experience before Inspectors, the High Court, specialist tribunals, and criminal courts. He is currently instructed in the examination of National Grid’s Norwich to Tilbury Development Consent Order and has appeared in major call-in inquiries and recovered appeals, including the Highsted Park inquiry.
Commenting on Simon’s arrival at Cornerstone, joint heads of chambers James Findlay KC and Robin Green said:
“We are delighted to welcome Simon Bell to Cornerstone Barristers. He brings with him a wealth of experience across planning, infrastructure, public, and information law, gained from Government legal work and private practice, and enjoys a loyal following for his advisory, inquiry and High Court work. We very much look forward to working with him and to the contribution he will make to Chambers and our clients.”
Learn more about Simon by viewing his profile here.
