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The case revolved around a s.73 application to vary a condition which required housing types, standards and floor plans to be in accordance with approved…
Judgment in the group litigation private nuisance case of Andrews v. Kronospan Ltd [2025] EWHC 2429 (TCC) provides many practical lessons in the conduct of such…
Introduction The Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Haytop Country Park Ltd v Amber Valley Borough Council provides useful clarification on the relationship between planning…
Planning Inspector Diane Cragg has allowed an appeal for a steel storage, processing and distribution facility in West Suffolk countryside, overturning the council’s refusal. The…
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…
This summary is concerned with remedies for private nuisance: in particular the measure of damages and, to a lesser extent, injunctions. The prompt is an…
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 light of recent legislative changes and policy announcements, we are at something of a hinge-point as to a vital question in planning practice –…
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…
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…
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…
Felling trees is frequently an essential element of promoting a site, but the law around felling is complex, and changing fast. Proceeding with felling without…