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Secretary of State grants permission on appeal for new £300m Category B prison to meet national need
The Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities, the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP,...
The latest edition of the Legal 500 describes Robert as, “Astute and highly commercial. Fantastic with clients. Able to distil highly complex legal issues into crystal clear strategic advice. Undoubtedly one of the very best in his field and a pleasure to instruct and work with”.
Planning
Robert’s planning work principally focuses on advising clients in preparation for, and appearing at public inquiries, hearings and in the higher courts. He also advises clients on all aspects of planning law, including policy formulation, development control and enforcement.
Public Law
Robert has a wide ranging public law practice including all aspects of judicial review / statutory challenges, challenging and defending decisions of central and local government as well as other bodies whose decisions are amenable to challenge in the courts.
Environment
Robert’s environmental work covers all aspects of environmental law, including regulatory and enforcement work.
Compulsory Purchase and Compensation
Robert’s compulsory purchase work centres on advising and representing acquiring authorities in respect of the making and securing of compulsory purchase orders. He also acts for private objectors to CPO schemes. Robert specialises in compensation work, both for compensating authorities and claimants.
Robert works across the full spectrum of planning law, including policy formulation, promotion of development schemes and enforcement. Examples include:
Policy formulation
Notable caseload includes:
Promotion of development schemes
Notable caseload includes:
Enforcement notice / stop notices in respect of: change of use from retail to residential; cessation of scrap yard use; removal of island from a lake; demolition of “Class E” outhouse; alteration of dwellinghouse roof; cessation of restaurant use; removal of marquee; removal of stables; removal of houseboat; demolition of residential extension; cessation of residential use; cessation of garden use; removal of static caravans; cessation of equestrian use; and demolition of house.Injunctions: R (Cherkley Campaign Ltd) v Mole Valley DC [2014] EWCA Civ 567; Trillium v Tower Hamlets LBC [2011] EWHC 560 (Admin); West Sussex County Council v Lawson Hunt Developments Ltd [2011] Claim no: HC10CO1901.Revocation / modification orders: eg Portland Stone Firms Ltd v Dorset County Council [2015].
Notable examples of Robert's environmental work:
Robert has extensive experience of judicial review and statutory challenges in relation to national and local governmental decisions, in particular in relation to planning and environmental law. Examples include:
Landmark's barristers often work at the intersection of our core practice areas; bringing a wide range of skills, knowledge and experience to bear on a particular dispute or issue facing a client.
Our focus is always on achieving the best possible outcome for our client. By viewing the client's objectives in a holistic way - and not purely through the lens of one rigidly-defined legal area - we deliver the best possible advice and representation in complex matters that engage multiple specialist areas of law.
Whether it's providing support as an individual cross-practice barrister or a cross-disciplinary team of Landmark counsel, we are able to draw on an outstanding array of complementary skillsets and knowledge bases. This often achieves a better result than instructing multiple barristers from different specialist sets. This also improves the quality of client care through increased levels of communication, quicker response times, and a coordinated approach to clerking and fees, made possible by our team-based cross-practice approach.
Please contact our practice management team for more information.
Compulsory Purchase and Compensation
Planning Enforcement and Injunctions
Judicial Review
Procurement and Subsidy Control
Energy
Highways and Rights of Access
Undoubtedly one of the very best in his field."
Inquiry
Secretary of State grants permission on appeal for new £300m Category B prison to meet national need
The Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities, the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP,...
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Inquiry
Continuing Care Community approved in South Downs National Park
The South Downs National Park Authority’s Planning Committee has unanimously resolved to approve...
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Inquiry
Care Home allowed on appeal despite breach of Neighbourhood Plan allocation
Frontier Estates (Kin) Ltd has secured planning permission on appeal for a 50-bed care home in...
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News
10 10 2023
High Court dismisses challenge to hydrocarbon exploration and appraisal permission in West…
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News
27 09 2023
Secretary of State to give Dudley MBC power to confirm its own CPO of Bus station
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Inquiry
Major B8/B2 scheme allowed on appeal
Planning permission has been granted on appeal following a public inquiry for a major new mixed...
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Inquiry
Enforcement Notice appeal upheld
Following a four-day hearing in November 2022 and January 2023, Inspector H M Higenbottam BA...
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News
16 06 2023
Planning Magazine’s Law Survey 2023 features 36 Landmark barristers
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