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FTB is a barristers’ chambers with a leading reputation for planning, environment, licensing, public, compulsory purchase and land valuation, major infrastructure projects, local government, rating, ecclesiastical and religious liberty, highways, commons and open spaces and ADR.

Expertise where it counts

We are consistently recognised as a leading set by the market and directories because of the quality and number of leading practitioners we can provide, our major projects and our client base.

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Co-op Live Manchester

Co-op Live Manchester is the £365m entertainment venue that plans to make Manchester the musical capital of Europe.

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The East Anglia One (North) and East Anglia Two Offshore Windfarms

The case concerns two related applications for the construction and operation of large offshore windfarms in the North Sea.  

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Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre

In 2016 the Government announced proposals for a Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens immediately to the south of the Houses of Parliament.

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Walleys Quarry

Walleys Quarry is a waste landfill site locate in Newcastle Under Lyme and which opened in February 2007. 

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Sizewell C New Nuclear Power Station

The Sizewell C new nuclear power station at Sizewell in East Suffolk is one of the single most important energy infrastructure projects in the UK for a generation.  

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The O2 Academy Brixton

The O2 Academy Brixton is an internationally renowned concert venue, with audiences travelling from all over the world to attend live music events and comedy shows. The iconic stage design is based on Venice’s Rialto bridge and frames Europe’s largest fixed stage. The capacity of the venue is in the region of 5,000 persons.

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Events to keep you connected

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Feb' 26
Public Law Webinar: Freedom of thought, belief and religion: Article 9 ECHR

A lunchtime webinar which will be of interest to all solicitors whose work – whether advisory or litigation, public or private sector – involves public law issues and the prospect of judicial review litigation.  

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23
Feb' 26
Planning Law Update Wales for Solicitors, Consultants and Developers

An afternoon update seminar followed by a short drinks reception.

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24
Feb' 26
Planning Law Update Wales for Local Authorities and Other Government

A morning planning law update seminar for local authorities and other government in Wales.

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Latest from FTB

Environmental Law Blog

Questions of environmental justice, the climate crisis, biodiversity and resource management are among the defining issues of our time. 

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12
Jan' 26
Appointments to Welsh Government’s Panels of Counsel Announced

Douglas Edwards KC, Gregory Jones KC, John Jolliffe, Annabel Graham Paul

FTB is delighted to announce that Gregory Jones KC has been reappointed and Douglas Edwards KC appointed to the Welsh Government’s Panel of King’s Counsel. Annabel Graham Paul has been reappointed and John Jolliffe appointed to the A Panel of Junior Counsel.

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12
Jan' 26
Inspector Refuses Planning Application for 20 Homes in Bolton

Gabriel Nelson

Following a hearing on 12 November 2025, an Inspector has refused an application for 20 dwellinghouses including affordable housing and other works at land to the South and East of 82 Meadowcroft, Longsight Lane, Harwood BL2 4JU.

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Environmental Law Blog

Questions of environmental justice, the climate crisis, biodiversity and resource management are among the defining issues of our time. 

Read more