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…
We are delighted to announce that following the successful completion of their pupillage, Anna Stein, Samuel Leach, Matthew Wyatt, Mirren Gidda and Tutku Bektas have…
Following the release of the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners UK rankings, we are pleased to announce that No5 has once again obtained its…
The Labour Party has mooted the idea of compulsory purchase of land for housing by local authorities and amendment of the rules on compensation. It…
Potential effects on a European Site/Habitats Regulations/Appropriate Assessment. Does reserved matters approval/discharge of conditions require AA, potentially halting a development? The latest chapter on nutrient…
The Planning Podcast returns this new year for a very particular purpose, pupillage – the on the job training required for practice. It’s a very…
In this practical take on motorway service areas and Green Belt very special circumstances, Christian Hawley and Thea Osmund-Smith join Richard Kimblin QC in identifying…
Peter Goatley QC and Christian Hawley have succeeded in obtaining planning permission for Miller Developments and TJ Morris for over 2.2 million square feet of…
This analysis was first published on Lexis®PSL on 23 June 2021 and can be found here (subscription required): Planning analysis: The continued loss of rural…
Peter Goatley QC and Christian Hawley have succeeded in obtaining planning permission for up to 373 dwellings together with strategic landscaping and other infrastructure in…
Richard Kimblin QC hosts a short podcast with Satnam Choongh and Christian Hawley, planning and environmental barristers at No5 Barristers’ Chambers, to look at two…
Following what is believed to be the first “fully virtual” planning inquiry in the new Covid 19 era, planning permission has been obtained on appeal,…
A legal team from No5 Chambers (Peter Goatley QC and Christian Hawley) and DLA Piper UK LLP (Andrew Batterton and Claire Stoneman) have just completed…
Hitting the statute books at the very start of the now seemingly distant nineties (think dissolution of the USSR / Madonna – Vogue / Die Hard 2)…