Chambers has a long-standing reputation for quality advisory and advocacy services in Planning Law, dating back more than half a century.
Our members have been instructed in some of the most important cases (Tesco v Dundee, BDW Trading v Secretary of State, Richborough Estates v Cheshire East BC) and many of the most significant and controversial planning proposals including new town settlements, large scale employment, nuclear power stations, sports stadia, new roads and green energy.
The team ‘has an established reputation for excellence in planning law’ and offers advisory and advocacy services at all levels, from leading KCs to very junior barristers. Our members provide advice from the very conception of a development to its conclusion, whether that be achieving planning consent, at appeal or through to legal challenges in the courts. We assist at every stage in the process, from pre application to planning committee, during an appeal process and through the courts.
Members act on behalf of developers, land promoters, housebuilders, energy providers, local authorities and private individuals, including local action groups.
This lunchtime seminar, aimed at property, planning and environmental practitioners, at all levels will be split into two topics of discussion: PRIVATE NUISANCE AND THE…
After months of anticipation, the new NPPF is finally here, heralding what the Deputy Prime Minister has called a “landmark overhaul” to “shake-up a broken…
Scott Stemp, Daniel Henderson and Jessica Allen are hosting a seminar on 15th October on the Forestry Act 1967. The talk looks to guide landowners…
Norfolk County Council’s decision to grant planning permission for a household waste recycling centre (“HWRC”) within a designated AONB was challenged by the Claimant. The…
Today, the Court of Appeal will hear an appeal by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (‘SSEFRA’) against the decision of…
This case produced some important conclusions on how to approach overplanting in solar farm proposals. Of the six grounds of challenge, this article focuses primarily…
Fearn v. Tate Gallery Trustees [2024] AC 1 dealt with those types of private nuisance where there has been a ‘sensible’ interference with the use…
In my previous article I considered the requirements necessary to have a valid application for planning permission. In this article I go on to consider…
An application is made for planning permission. The Local Planning Authority (‘the LPA’) receives the application, registers and validates it, and proceeds to determination. Simple!…
In light of recent legislative changes and policy announcements, we are at something of a hinge-point as to a vital question in planning practice –…
In the second of a two-part series, Daniel Henderson, James Corbet Burcher, and Sioned Davies discuss the basics of ‘how to do a hearing’, this…
Given the policy framework in which we now find ourselves in 2025, it is inevitable that practitioners are going to see a significant uptick in…
Following an inquiry on 11th-14th February, Inspector Partington has granted consent for a 57ha solar farm in South Oxfordshire in the Grey Belt and on…
This lunchtime seminar, aimed at property, planning and environmental practitioners, at all levels will be split into two topics of discussion: PRIVATE NUISANCE AND THE…
A number of important documents have been published today in relation to Gatwick Airport’s Northern Runway Project development consent order (DCO) application. The DCO Examination…
No5 Barristers’ Chambers is delighted to announce that Marc Forrest-Thomas of the Planning and Environment Group and Pete Mottram of the PI/Clinical Negligence Group have…
After months of anticipation, the new NPPF is finally here, heralding what the Deputy Prime Minister has called a “landmark overhaul” to “shake-up a broken…
After months of anticipation, the new NPPF is finally here, heralding what the Deputy Prime Minister has called a “landmark overhaul” to “shake up a…