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Why choose our Planning and Environmental solicitors?

We provide practical and strategic advice to statutory planning and environmental bodies on the performance of their statutory functions, their role as decision makers and their management of licensing applications. We also advise on compliance with licences, including initiating enforcement actions where there are breaches of licences or other statutory requirements.

In addition, the team has vast litigation expertise at all levels, from the lower Courts to the Superior Courts. We have a proven track record of defending judicial review challenges on behalf of public bodies in relation to a wide variety of matters, including planning decisions, development plans, industrial emissions licences and waste licences, at High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and Court of Justice of the European Union level.

Areas of Practice

  • Planning Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Judicial Review
  • Administrative Law
  • European Law
  • Planning and environmental enforcement 
  • Freedom of Information and Access to Information on the Environment
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Appropriate Assessment (AA)
Notable deals
Advised an environmental regulator in respect of bringing High Court injunctive proceedings against Commercial peat extraction activity
Advised an environmental regulator in respect of bringing High Court injunctive proceedings restraining a large commercial peat operator from extracting peat in the absence of an industrial emissions licence.
Acted for an environmental regulator in defending judicial review proceedings challenging the grant of an Industrial Emission Licence
Acted for an environmental regulator in defending judicial review proceedings challenging the grant of an Industrial Emission Licence on numerous grounds concerning adequacy of environmental assessments and the exercise of statutory powers. The court ultimately found that the body correctly defined the ambit of its statutory and regulatory power, and its assessments met the appropriate thresholds.
Advised a planning body in a landmark Supreme Court case
Advised a planning body in a landmark Supreme Court case a concerning SHD permission quashed by the High Court, where there was no statutory power to seek further information on remittal.
Acted for a public sector organisation in its prosecution against a significant local business for causing or permitting deleterious matter to enter into a river
Acted for a public sector organisation in its prosecution against a significant local business for causing or permitting deleterious matter to enter into a river. The deleterious matter was raw sewage. Fieldfisher were the sole legal representative to our client in this matter and tasks included drafting the summons, agreeing a favourable plea and doing the advocacy in the District Court.
Advised a planning body in a landmark reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union
Advised a planning body in a case concerning environmental assessments that was referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union, who ultimately ruled in favour of the interpretation presented on behalf of our client.
Client Testimonials
Legal 500 - 2025
The responsiveness and availability of senior partners is exceptional, and nothing is a problem. The team has represented us on many complicated matters over the last number of years and we have found the advice and representation in court to be of the highest professional standard.
Legal 500 - 2024
Fieldfisher have a strong planning and environmental team with a wealth of experience in the area. They help manage a busy and challenging litigation workload transparently.
Legal 500 - 2023
The team has diversity and expertise and a professional approach.
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