Richard Humphreys QC Public Law Wide -ranging practice in Public Law including Town and Country Planning, Compulsory Purchase, Environmental, and Local Government Law, with extensive experience in litigation, public inquiries and advisory work. Cited as a Leading Silk in the Legal 500 Directory. Practice Areas Planning practice includes involvement in substantial regeneration(1) and infrastructure projects(2), development plan processes(3), industrial/office(4), agriculture(5), minerals(6) and waste(7), retail(8), (9) (10) (11) (12) housing , leisure , conservation and highways work , as well as (13) (14) certificates of lawfulness and enforcement . Advisory work includes affordable housing, section 106 obligations(15) and advice on community (16) Year of Silk: 2006 infrastructure levy. Court cases at all levels including High Court , (17) (18) Year of Call: 1986 Court of Appeal and House of Lords (Supreme Court). Compulsory purchase work includes section 17 inquiries(19) (certificates (20) Clerks of appropriate alternative development), section 226 (TCPA 1990 inquiries/compulsory acquisition for development/planning purposes), compensation, section 84 Law of Property Act 1925 applications Practice Manager (21) Abdul Hafeez (restrictive covenants), and Lands Tribunal (Lands Chamber of the Upper Tribunal) cases. Environmental work includes hazardous substances regulations(22), Chief Executive & Director of (23) Clerking environmental protection (prescribed processes and substances) (24) (25) Tony McDaid regulations, statutory and public nuisances , waste directive . Local government includes powers, constitution of committees, Code of Contact a Clerk Conduct, EU procurement, freedom of information, emergency powers, (26) Tel: +44 (0) 845 210 5555 affordable housing, markets , hackney carriage licences (and related (27) Fax: +44 (0) 121 606 1501 human rights issues ). [email protected] Publications Contributor, Halsbury's Laws (Local Government) (2001), A former editor of Crown Office Digest Contributor to Anti-Social Behaviour Law (publ. Jordans), Contributor to RICS online guidance. 5 articles published in Journal of Planning Law "Interpreting planning permissions after Stevenage - the primacy of the plans?" (2011); "Material Change in use - what's character got to do with it?" (2011); "20 years of the 10 year period for enforcement: time for reform? (2011); Integrity in the planning system in England: lacunas but lessons from a British Isle (2015); and Sustainable development: does the NPPF paragraph 14 ensure that future generations can meet their own needs? (2016). Memberships Administrative Law Bar Association, Planning and Environment Bar Association, National Infrastructure Planning Association Recommendations Richard Humphreys is "Recommended for litigation, public inquiries and advisory work" Legal 500 UK 2014 "He is very thorough and has a mastery of the detail. Forensic would be the word that springs to mind." Chambers UK, 2016 Legal 500 UK 2018 ‘He really tests the case and identifies weaknesses in good time for them to be addressed.’ Legal 500 UK 2018 Qualifications Nottingham University LLB (1981-1984) Cambridge University LLM (1984-1985) Pupillages with John Laws (Treasury Counsel) and Clive Newberry Footnotes 1 Regeneration: e.g. Western sector, High Wycombe CPO (2000); Central Sunderland redevelopment and Vaux brewery site (2006), West of Stevenage urban extension (2005), Camborne-Pool-Redruth urban regeneration (2007). Shirley town centre regeneration (2011) 2 Infrastructure: e.g. Thames Gateway Bridge Inquiry (2006), City of London heliport (1991); Redhill Aerodrome redevelopment (1993), Manchester Second Runway (1995), Heathrow Terminal 5 (1997) inquiries. Various telecommunication mast cases (2003-2010); crematorium. London Gateway (Shellhaven) container port development (2007). Camborne, Cornwall - promotion of new crematorium (2009); Wind turbine inquiries e.g. Daventry District, Northamptonshire (2011), Carlisle City Council (2012), London Oxford Airport (2013) and various pending (2013/14). NSIP advisory work Carlisle Airport (2012). Paper and powerpoint presentation on Development Consent Orders (2012). 3 Development Plan: e.g. Darlington BC (1998), Stevenage BC (2003), Harlow DC (2004), Basingstoke and Deane BC (2004), Sunderland City Council (2007), Carlisle City Council (2007). Also objections for Cavanna Homes, Wimpey Homes, Somerfield Stores Ltd. Recent: Wiltshire Core Strategy (2013) for Wiltshire Council, Lichfield Core Strategy (2013) for Lichfield Council. Advisory work re Cheshire East Local Plan (2013). Defence of High Court challenge to West Lancashire Local Plan (2014) and Stafford Local Plan (2014-15) and Stafford Local Plan Part 2 (2017). 4 Industrial/office: e.g. Quinn Glass, Ellesmere Port, Europe's largest bottle making and filling factory (2006). office development in the grounds of a listed building in Penzance for Walker Moyle (Stephen Bott Planning). 5 Agriculture: e.g. Poultry sheds development, Banham Poultry (Broadland District Council); Poultry processing operation, Hevingham (Broadland District Council); Pig farm, Woolpit (Mid Suffolk District Council). Gabbons Nursery, Penryn (2009). 6 Minerals: e.g. advising industry (e.g. Atlantic Aggregates) and mineral planning authorities (e.g. Powys County Council - whether need for EIA - R v. Powys CC ex p. Idris Andrew; Warwickshire County Council - South-West Warwick housing development; Cornwall County Council - South Crofty Tin Mine/proposed mixed-use surface redevelopment). Issues concerning interpretation of permissions and conditions, review of minerals permissions, reliance on permitted development rights (e.g. Part 19 of the GPDO 1995), environmental impact assessments requirements, viability of extraction, compatibility with residential development, sterilisation of minerals, assessment of reserves and resources, the sale of mineral product, the meaning of waste, the interpretation of supply agreements. Former Fullers’ Earth site, Bath (Bath and North-East Somerset Council (2013-2015); ROMP and review of mineral permissions call-in inquiry, Cornelly Quarries near Bridgend (acting for Tarmac Ltd) 2015-16; Mepal Quarry (Aggregate Industries) (2018). 7 Waste: e.g. Cheshire Replacement Waste Local Plan representing Ellesmere Port and Neston BC; inquiries concerning waste proposals. Bath and North-East Somerset Council – Former Fullers Earth site, Bath (2012-2015) 8 Retail : For Safeway, Asda, Tesco (2013), Aldi (2015-6) and B&Q, for various retail park owners, and for numerous local authorities since 1992, including Dacorum BC, Peterborough City Council, Epping Forest DC, London Borough of Enfield, Middlesbrough BC, Carrick DC, Bedfordshire County Council, Darlington BC, Wycombe DC, Westminster City Council, Three Rivers DC , Carlisle City Council (2008), Milton Keynes Council (2010), London Thames Gateway Development Corporation (2010), Stevenage BC (1999, 2004, 2010), Telford and Wrekin Council (2012), Rother DC (2012), Wycombe DC (2012-13); Shirley regeneration (2012) (Birchwood Developments/Asda); Sunderland City Council (2006, 2012-13, 2015); acted for Aldi for new store at Fletton Close, Leicester on business park (2015-6); and Great Barr, Birmingham (pending). convenience and comparison goods, retail warehousing, warehouse clubs, certificates of lawful use. 9 Housing: e.g. West of Stevenage urban extension (2005), South Crofty, Camborne (2006), a substantial housing-led surface development at South Crofty Tin Mine; housing inquiry in North Weald for Crest Nicholson (2007); housing inquiry in Hinckley for Crest Nicholson (Pegasus Planning); housing inquiry, St Margarets Hotel, Carbis Bay - construction of apartments (2008) (appellant); housing inquiry, Udimore Road, Rye - construction of 135 dwellings (Rother DC) (2008); housing/B1 inquiry, Robertsbridge Mill - B1 and 66 residential units (Rother DC) (2008); housing inquiry, Gabbons Nursery, Penryn, - 148 dwellings (appellant) (2009). Trub Farm, Castleton, Rochdale inquiry – 199 dwellings (2013), Enderby, Leicestershire residential development inquiry (2013); Cheshire East Council 12 residential development inquiries (2013-2014) with issues including 5 year housing land supply, green gap, landscape, conservation/listed building setting, historic hedgerows, agricultural land, highways;; Maldon residential development for Linden Homes (120 dwellings) (2014). ; Farnsfield (for Newark and Sherwood Council), 2015; Farnsfield (for Newark and Sherwood Council), 2015; Manchester City Council CPO (Brunswick) 2015; Shurnhold, Melksham (for Wiltshire Council) (2016); Ticehurst (for Rother DC) (2017); Semington (for Wiltshire Council) (2017). 10 Leisure: e.g. Stax multisports complex, nr Farnham (DTZ/Cannons) (2008); Waterside Park, Weymouth (2008); extended opening hours for Walkabout (Regent Inns plc), in Watford (Planning Potential). 11 Conservation: e.g. Nutfield, West Sussex inquiry/enabling development against Horsham District Council; Works affecting listed buildings, Dunstable and Eaton Bray (South Bedfordshire District Council);Enforcement inquiry against Daventry District Council;St John's Wood Robert Adam residential development (Westminster City Council);Extension of listed building, St John's Wood (Westminster City Council); Water Research Company office redevelopment, Medmenham (Wycombe District Council); West Walls of Carlisle (Tesco retail inquiry) (2007). Milton Keynes Council – Tesco, Wolverton redevelopment (2010). Weston Lane, Shavington (Cheshire East Council)