Chatura has a wide-ranging practice in planning and environmental law, having completed her specialist pupillage in this area in October 2025. She has experience of working with local authorities and private clients representing and/or advising on various planning issues. Full details of her experience can be found below.
Before beginning her career at the Bar, Chatura worked as a paralegal at Town Legal, where she helped advise clients on various areas of planning including, material change of use, permitted development rights, lawful implementation of planning permissions, judicial review and s.288 review procedures, and enforcement. She also has experience of reviewing s.106 agreements, both unilateral and bilateral, and reviewing technical proofs.
Chatura has a degree in Chemical Engineering (MEng) Hons, following which she chose to undertake a law conversion having enjoyed studying negligence and environmental law as part of her engineering degree. She completed her GDL and BVS at City, University of London with a scholarship from the Inner Temple for her BVS.
Planning Enforcement
Chatura has been instructed to advise on various matters relating to planning enforcement. Recent instructions include:
As part of her pupillage, Chatura has assisted with written advice on enforcement options relating to minerals works and she has attended a number of planning enforcement appeals.
Planning inquiries
Chatura has experience working on several planning inquiries led by senior barristers. Recent inquiries she has acted on include:
Chatura has observed various planning appeals during her pupillage, including a solar farm appeal. She has also participated in the Planning and Environmental Bar Association marshalling scheme where she marshalled with a Planning Inspector on an inquiry for a residential development.
General planning
Chatura has assisted with written work on a range of planning law issues during her pupillage. Some examples of her work include:
During the first half of her pupillage, Chatura completed several written exercises including:
Following the much-anticipated hand-down by the Supreme Court of judgment in CG Fry v SSHCLG [2025] UKSC 35, Daniel Henderson is joined by James Corbet…
Date: 17 Nov 2025Time: 9:30am - 1pm GMT
Location: No5 Barristers' Chambers
Following the much-anticipated hand-down by the Supreme Court of judgment in CG Fry v SSHCLG [2025] UKSC 35, Daniel Henderson is joined by James Corbet…
Date: 17 Nov 2025Time: 9:30am - 1pm GMT
Location: No5 Barristers' Chambers
