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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

02
Jun' 25
Annual Infrastructure Seminar (Hybrid)

This afternoon seminar will provide an opportunity to be informed about and discuss the latest developments in infrastructure planning with some of the leading barristers in the field. It will focus on key practical issues, providing a convenient way for busy solicitors, consultants and local authority officers to keep up to date and to manage the implications of recent changes.  It will be followed by a drinks reception.

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04
Jun' 25
Judicial Review Costs and Procedure Update

This webinar will provide an update on costs in judicial review and practice and procedure points for those involved in public law litigation. 

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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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14
May' 25
Court of Appeal Dismisses Appeal in Bradbury v. Awdurdod Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons National Park Authority) [2025] EWCA Civ 489

Annabel Graham Paul

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal against Jay J’s judgment refusing to quash a planning permission for an agricultural barn and covered handling yard near the River Wye SAC.

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14
May' 25
Hyperscale Data Centre Approval on Grey Belt Site in Hertfordshire

Alexander Booth KC, Annabel Graham Paul

In a decision dated 12th May 2025 the Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Local Government, on behalf of the Secretary of State, has granted planning permission for a hyperscale data centre on a site at Abbots Langley, in the Hertfordshire Green Belt, together with a country park on land adjacent to the development site. The appeal followed a decision by the local planning authority, Three Rivers District Council, to refuse permission for the scheme.

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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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