As we finalise the programme for our Annual Seminar, we are delighted to announce two guest speakers: Joanna Averley, the Government’s Chief Planner and Head…
Due to a change in circumstances, the No5 Planning and Environment Group’s Local Planning Authority Seminar has been changed to a webinar. The online event…
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Today (1st August 2025), the High Court has handed down judgment in the case of Quarry Mews Ltd v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and…
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…
Thank you to all who attended the Local Planning Authority Seminar Yesterday. We hope it was both informative and enjoyable for you all.
In this Planning Podcast, Richard Kimblin KC is joined by Hugh Richards and Howard Leithead to discuss Decision Making – Key themes from recent law…
Planning analysis: The Court of Appeal rejected a challenge to a decision by a County Council to grant planning permission for the extraction of pulverised…
On Monday 3rd October, The Planning and Environment Group presented a webinar on ‘Case Law Update Octobeer 2022 WATCH ON VIMEO
Planning analysis: This is the latest judgment concerning consideration of the approval of arrangements relating to various aspects of the construction of the High Speed…
Planning analysis: In a challenge to the decision of a local planning authority (LPA) to grant planning permission for housing on a longstanding sports field,…
Planning: The claimant developer challenged the decision of a local planning authority to accept the recommendations of the Examiner into a draft neighbourhood development plan…
Environmental judicial review involving HS2 fails at the permission stage (R (Misbourne Environmental Protection Ltd) v Environment Agency) This analysis was first published on Lexis®PSL…
A challenge to a North Sea consent might not immediately strike you as a ‘need to know’. But if you do need to know any…
No5’s Howard Leithead discusses the judgment in Greenpeace Limited v The Advocate General [2021] CSIH 53 Greenpeace Limited (“Greenpeace”) appealed to the Court of Session (Inner House,…
Originally broadcast on the 20th September 2021, Jack Smyth, Howard Leithead and Sioned Davies gave a webinar on Statutory Nuisance. Statutory Nuisance is a legislative means of remedying a…