Roy Pinnock

Roy Pinnock is a Partner and head of the UK Planning and Public Law team at Dentons in London. He is also a Solicitor Advocate with higher rights of audience.

He advises on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious planning for complex housing, fracking and mixed-use developments, including environmental assessment, highways law and judicial review. He has extensive experience advising developers, funds, lenders and planning authorities on major schemes in Opportunity Areas such as Nine Elms, Royal Docks and Greenwich Peninsula, as well as leisure, housing and retail projects across the UK. He also advises on compulsory purchase orders, planning appeals, call-in inquiries, Lands Tribunal and Judicial Review claims, and is a specialist in community infrastructure levy, EIA/SEA, viability and local plan examinations.

Roy holds a BSocSc in Geography and Planning (1998) and an M.Sc. in Urban and Regional Policy (1999) from the University of Birmingham, a Law degree from The College of Law (2003), and completed the LPC at BPP Law School (2004).

He is ranked as a Band 2 lawyer by Chambers UK and recognised as a Leading Partner by The Legal 500 UK, and has been featured in Planning Magazine's Guide to Planning Lawyers and The Lawyer's "Hot 100" legal leaders and innovators.