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 (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…
This is the third in my series of articles concerning the validation of applications for planning permission. The first article reviewed the correct procedure for…
In my previous article I considered the requirements necessary to have a valid application for planning permission. In this article I go on to consider…
An application is made for planning permission. The Local Planning Authority (‘the LPA’) receives the application, registers and validates it, and proceeds to determination. Simple!…
Environmental statements and climate change impact – [1] Dissent in the Court of Appeal In this episode of the Planning Podcast, Richard Kimblin QC is…
Appeal for 233 houses allowed with a full award of costs for BDW. The appeal concerned a Reserved Matters application for housing on the edge…
Horizon Cremation have succeeded in obtaining planning permission for a new crematorium at Oxted following a public inquiry. The appellant’s team was led by Peter…
This analysis was first published on Lexis®PSL on 30 April 2021. Planning analysis: The High Court quashed a planning inspector’s decision to allow an enforcement…
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…
Planning Podcast 101 – adding Court of Appeal cases on paragraphs 11 and 90 of the Framework in the same short podcast! Looking at routes…
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…
James Corbet Burcher joins Richard Kimblin QC for the second Planning Podcast dedicated to Richard’s upcoming book release “Planning appeals: Practice and materials” where they…
Click here to pre-order your copy of Planning Appeals: Practice and Materials (Kimblin QC) Bloomsbury Professional Publishing. Watch episode 2 here. From one of the…