Richard Barlow

With over 30 years’ experience Richard is a partner in our planning, environmental and public law team. Richard and his team provide strategic and development control planning advice. He advises on environmental law and helps clients devise practical solutions and outcomes. Richard advises many organisations on governance, judicial review and vires issues. He regularly advises upon public law risk and how to minimise the risk of challenge when discharging key functions. He acts for a wide range of public and commercial clients.

Richard’s team have advised Natural England and Natural Resources Wales (and their respective predecessors) on over 1,000 matters over the last 25 years.

Richard has provided advice in relation to the following:

- Newark South – a development of 2,650 houses

- Chiltern Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation

- Crystal Palace FC – Selhurst Park redevelopment

- Biodiversity Net Gain

- Environmental Compliance for Jigsaw Systems

He is a Legal Associate of the Royal Town Planning Institute. Richard is the Chair of the Nottingham Green Partnership and an independent member of the Disciplinary Panel of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Managers. Richard is also Chair of the UK Environmental Law Association Nature Conservation Working Group.

Richard is Chair of the Green Nottingham Partnership. As Chair of the UK Environmental Law Association’s Nature Conservation Working Party he is an active member of the Association’s Brexit Group.