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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

19
Mar' 25
Hybrid Breakfast Briefing on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill: getting Britain building?

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill has landed. At this Breakfast Briefing, FTB barristers will discuss some of its key provisions relating to reforming planning decision-making, streamlining infrastructure planning, and introducing environmental delivery plans. 

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02
Apr' 25
Retained EU Law Update

This webinar will provide an up-to-date summary of where we are in relation to retained EU law and consider recent cases on the application of EU-derived law in the current legal context.

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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
Mar' 25
Oxpens Bridge JR Dismissed by High Court

Meyric Lewis KC

The challenge to the grant of planning permission for Oxpens Bridge by Oxford City Council has been dismissed.  Oxpens Bridge is a pedestrian and cycle bridge designed to enhance connectivity throughout and beyond the designated Oxford West End and Osney Mead “Areas of Change” including along and across the River Thames.

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11
Mar' 25
James Pereira KC and Michael Rhimes To Start 12-Week Call-In Inquiry Into c. 8400 Home Extension to Sittingbourne

James Pereira KC, Michael Rhimes

James Pereira KC and Michael Rhimes represent Swale Borough Council in a 12-week call-in inquiry which the applicants bill as a new Garden Village-style extension to Sittingbourne.

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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. 

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