Testimonials

Alex Fergusson, ​AF Architects

Mr Leigh has successfully secured a number of appeals for us and this excellent step by step guide has all the hallmarks of his concise and methodical approach.

Gary Short, ​Shorts Group

Over many years Christian has provided my firm with advice on town planning. This book is an excellent user-friendly guide for small businesses and the public in how to undertake the tricky planning appeals process.​

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Tony Grover, BDS Surveyors

Christian has been an invaluable Consultant over the years, with his in-depth knowledge of planning helping several of my clients to navigate their way through the planning system.  It’s great that he's been able to condense the salient points of that experience into these easy to understand guides, to enable people to engage with planning departments to good effect.​

About the author

Christian Leigh is a chartered town and country planning consultant, with 25 years’ experience working in private planning practice. Over this time his clients have included national housebuilders and development companies, many large and small businesses, as well as local and central Government.

He also works for numerous private clients and householders, as well as providing advice to architects, solicitors, surveyors and other professionals in the industry. This work has involved submitting many successful planning applications and appeals, as well as making representations on behalf of clients objecting to developments.

​Christian speaks on town planning and writes articles for magazines and websites. He is, additionally, a visiting lecturer in Planning Law and Practice at the Henley Business School, University of Reading, which is ranked as the leading Real Estate centre in Europe, and ranked No. 1 in the UK for Land and Property management.​