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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

24
Jun' 25
Briefing: Climate Change and Human Rights

A briefing on cllimate change and human rights which is part of the programme of events for the Fleet Street Quarter Climate Festival.

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27
Jun' 25
City & Legal Lecture at the Old Bailey- Environment & Human Rights: Insights from the Aarhus Convention

A lecture and panel discussion on Environment & Human Rights: Insights from the Aarhus Convention. The lecture will be given by Professor Áine Ryall, Chair of the UNECE Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee, and will be followed by a Q&A with an esteemed panel which includes Professor Maria Lee and FTB Barrister Mark O’Brien O’Reilly.

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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
Jun' 25
Planning permission granted for solar farm

Mark Westmoreland Smith KC

Inspector Partington has granted planning permission for a 23 MW solar farm on 55ha of land outside Wakefield (see Decision Letter here).

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09
Jun' 25
Permission Refused for Judicial Review Challenge to Harlow and Gilston Garden Town

Douglas Edwards KC, Kate Olley

In a detailed decision the High Court has, on the papers, refused permission to apply for judicial review of the decision of East Herts DC to grant outline planning permission for 10,000 homes across 7 new Villages.

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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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