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…
No5’s Planning and Environment group invite you to join them for their Bristol Planning Seminar on Monday 22nd September 2025. The morning will cover essential updates…
No5’s Planning and Environment group is pleased to announce the appointment of Thea Osmund-Smith and Hugh Richards as our new joint Heads of Group, and…
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…
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…
R(Smar Holdings Limited) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2024] EWHC 2034 (Admin) Key take-aways: It is lawful to impose a…
In this Planning Podcast, Richard Kimblin KC is joined by Hugh Richards and Howard Leithead to discuss Decision Making – Key themes from recent law…
Originally broadcast on the 30th September, Hugh Richards and Tim Jones discussed gypsies, travellers and injunctions. The webinar covered planning injunctions against gypsies and travellers with particular focus on…
WATCH ON YOUTUBE Presented by Hugh Richards, covering: Virtual examinations – practical bits Duty to Co-operate Alternatives – strategies and sites Flexibility –…
Note: this article supplements the latest instalment of the Planning Podcast focused on infrastructure. Hugh Richards takes listeners through the case of ‘Drax’ – a…
MHCLG document Planning for the Future (12 March 2020) announces: Measures to improve performance of local planning authorities Measures to encourage house building Measures to…
The NPPF at paragraph 42 recognises that “other consenting bodies” have a part to play in the control and regulation of development requiring planning permission. …
No5 Barristers’ Chambers Planning Group is hosting the seminar on September 17 at Savoy Place and expects around 120 delegates to attend. The seminar will…
“A revolution in planning laws” “A housing revolution” “Our No 1 domestic priority” “21 Although planning inspectors, as persons appointed by the Secretary of State…
Devolution of power: the impacts of devolution on the delivery of new infrastructure Devolution of powers to Wales and the impact of the Wales Act…