No5 Barristers’ Chambers are proud to have again made a strong showing in Planning Resource’s Annual Planning Law Survey published on 27 June 2025, with…
Following the dismissals already in the past 12 months of 3 separate appeals, see previous article, a further appeal in Nuneaton and Bedworth for up…
On 28th November 2023 an appeal by Cartwright Homes was dismissed by Inspector Jonathan Edwards, following a hearing, in respect of a proposal for 29…
Introduction Does the housebuilding industry have sufficient workforce capacity to deliver 300,000 homes per annum? “When it comes to construction, the housing industry bemoans planning…
No5’s Richard Humphreys KC has successfully acted for DB Symmetry Ltd in the case ‘DB Symmetry Ltd and another (Respondents) v. Swindon Borough Council (Appellant) [2022] UKSC 33’. The…
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9/11/20 North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College’s appeal (for development of up to 195 dwellings together with the provision of a 3G sports pitch, associated…
Richard Humphreys QC (instructed by Jones Day) represented DB Symmetry Ltd (the appellant). The dispute was as to whether a planning condition required the developer to…
Points for councils, vendors, purchasers and owners of adjacent land The recent decision of the High Court (Lieven J.) in The Open Spaces Society v…
In the second part of our podcast, we look at how Brexit will likely affect practitioners; how nitrates and phosphates impact development; the recent Planning…
Introduction These cases concerned challenges by Gladman to two appeal decisions made by Planning Inspectors relate to the interpretation of paragraph 11(d)(ii) of the National…
Over 100 local authority planning delegates have benefited from the expertise of top barristers following a series of advisory seminars. No5 Barristers’ Chambers Planning Group has…
Ouseley J. dismissed an appeal brought by way of Case Stated by London Borough of Camden against the decision of Highbury Magistrates Court to dismiss…
Appeals had been brought, respectively by Richborough Estates Ltd and Oxford Law, in respect of separate residential development proposals in Semington, Wiltshire. Richard Humphreys QC…