Planning | UK Bar

No5 Barristers' Chambers has an established reputation for excellence in planning law throughout the Midlands and further afield. Many of the barristers at the set are highly experienced in major infrastructure and development issues. Members of the set continue to handle major planning inquiries and well-publicised cases and frequently appear at all levels of the UK court system, including the Supreme Court. Noteworthy recent instructions include R (Whitley Parish Council) v North Yorkshire CC, a Court of Appeal case concerning the impact of a large engineering exercise on a local village. An interviewee comments: "The set is exceptional across a range of sectors and issues."

Kings Chambers is well known for its planning expertise and is home to barristers specialising in all areas of planning law. The set is equipped to handle residential development issues and highways matters, among other planning law disputes. Barristers at the set work with a wide variety of both private and public sector clients, including house builders and local authorities, and regularly feature in well-publicised planning appeals across the Midlands Circuit. An interviewee comments: "The set offers strong expertise at all levels." Recent instructions for the set include Lidl Great Britain Limited v East Lindsay District Council & Aldi Stores, a planning permission challenge.