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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
Jan' 25
Alternative Dispute Resolution in Judicial Review

This webinar will consider how mediation and early neutral evaluation can successfully be deployed in judicial review cases to resolve public law disputes, both from the perspective of these ADR procedures and in terms of fitting ADR into the case management of the judicial review.  

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03
Feb' 25
Planning Law Update Wales for Solicitors, Consultants and Developers

An afternoon update seminar followed by a short drinks reception.

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04
Feb' 25
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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03
Dec' 24
Appeal Concerning 9-Storey Former Passport Office Dismissed

Michael Feeney

Planning permission was sought to change the use of the 9-storey former passport office at Globe House to a hotel and flexible Class E use on the ground floor. 

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28
Nov' 24
High Court Rejects Judicial Review Challenge to Erection of Telegraph Poles

Gabriel Nelson

The High Court has handed down judgment dismissing a judicial review of Wychavon District Council’s decision that proposals to install telegraph poles in the areas of Lifford Gardens and the Sands Estate “fell within the scope” of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (“GPDO”).

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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