Practice Summary

Christopher Boyle was called to the Bar in 1994. He specialises in Planning, Environmental, Transport and Infrastructure, Compulsory Purchase and Rating Law.

Christopher joined Landmark Chambers in March 2007 from 2-3 Gray's Inn Square. He is Secretary of the Planning and Environment Bar Association and a former committee member of the Compulsory Purchase Association. In 2006 he was elected to the Council of the National Trust.

He is listed as a leading specialist in planning in Chambers & Partners 2010 (widely recognised as "a very bright operator who contributes a lot to the set"). The Planning Magazine Legal Survey of 2006 placed him in the top 5 of all planning juniors.

Areas of practice

Over the past few years Christopher has promoted for national house builders, residential and mixed use sites including major urban extensions as well as mineral schemes, leisure and retail schemes and transport infrastructure projects. Christopher's notable planning cases include:-

Residential

Recently promoted or currently promoting LDFs Ashford 7000 units; Chichester 1800 units; Milton Keynes 5000 units, Dover 5000 units; Canterbury 2000 units Harlow 1200 units; Littlehampton 1800 units; Cheltenham 5000 units. S.78: Stanmore 750 units, Royal Clarence Yard 350 units; Shinfield 2500 units; Haverford West 1000 units. Opposed: Thurrock 550 units; Uckfield 1200 units.

Infrastructure/ Energy

Promoted: Mersey Gateway Bridge TWA, New Tyne Tunnel TWA, Oakham Bypass CPO, Gatwick Expressway TWA, Mansfield/Ashfield Regeneration Route CPO; Nottingham Clear Zone and Express Transit; Hungerford Bridge TWA, Central Railway TWA and Hybrid Bill. Opposed: Victoria Underground TWA, CERC Parkandillack Incinerator.

Retail/Leisure/Town Centre Regeneration

Promoted/ Promoting: Telford Town Centre, retail; Lidl/Crest mixed use in Lewisham and Lambeth, Solihull M42 MSA,  AFC Totton, London City Racecourse. Opposed: The Beach, Carlyon Bay for Cornwall CC; Wolverhampton town centre CPO for Tesco; Leeds town centre CPO for Scarborough Building Society; Sheffield town centre CPO for John Lewis Partnership.

Other

Telecommunications, waste and minerals, environmental designations and control.