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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

29
Apr' 26
Webinar: Planning for Data Centres - where are we now?

A one hour lunchtime webinar at which Andrew Fraser-Urquhart KC and Charles Merrett will provide an update on the technical, policy and practical aspects of securing planning permission for data centres. They will consider the position both for applications to local planning authorities and for those applications which proceed as NSIPs.

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13
May' 26
Public Law Webinar: Parliamentary Privilege

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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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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20
Apr' 26
Four Members of Chambers Included in the Pro Bono Recognition List of England and Wales 2026

Jeremy Phillips KC, Philip Petchey, Esther Drabkin-Reiter, Claire Nevin

Chambers is delighted that Jeremy Phillips KC, Philip Petchey, Esther Drabkin‑Reiter and Claire Nevin have all been included in the Pro Bono Recognition List of England and Wales in recognition of their dedication to providing pro bono services.

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16
Apr' 26
Conjoined Public Inquiry into Gold Mine Resumes

Richard Honey KC, Conor Fegan

A conjoined public inquiry into a series of applications for permission to develop a gold mine near Omagh resumed this week after being suspended in January 2025.  The inquiry is due to sit for twenty-four days between now and June.

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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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