Suzanne Ornsby Kc

Kings Counsel @Francis Taylor Building

I specialise in planning law and have spent most of my career acting in three main capacities. Firstly, for local planning authorities in promoting their local plans and in defending their position at large public inquiries usually against volume housebuilders or land speculators.Secondly, for high end niche developers in promoting residential schemes in the countryside or on previously developed land at local plan or at appeal. Thirdly, for water utility companies mainly in promoting their water resource management plans and advising on drought planning and drought orders.I am also a Councillor in the City of London for the Farringdon Without Ward, which includes the Temple. I am the Vice Chair of the Culture, Heritage and Libraries Committee and sit on the Board of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.Interests include: Travel, Theatre, Music, Cinema, Military History and Geopolitics, Tennis Poker and Education.