Brian Ash QC

Date of call: 1975 Gray's Inn
Year of silk: 1990

The main areas of Brian Ash QC's practice are in the field of planning, compulsory purchase and highway law; together with the broad range of environmental, public law and judicial review cases, appearing in the Lands Tribunal, the High Court, Court of Appeal and House of Lords.

Appearances at a substantial number and variety of planning inquiries including; Stansted T4, Heathrow T5, London Heliport, numerous regional or local airport aviation and other proposals, Manchester sub-regional shopping, many superstore, retail warehousing and other retail schemes (including proposals in Northern Ireland), Cambridge new settlements, London Bridge major office development on Thames frontage near Tower Bridge, new opera house at Tower Bridge. Numerous structure plan, local plan and UDP inquiries representing the plan-making authority or objectors or supporters.

Appearances at several of the major highways inquiries including, M25 line and compulsory purchase orders and M25, M20, M3 and M40 MSAS.

Appearances at numerous CPO inquiries, such as Royal Docks, Bristol Temple Meads, Trafford Park Village CPO. Numerous town centre redevelopment CPOs, including Dorchester, Tunbridge Wells, Staines, Derby, Lichfield, Chester and Gloucester Quays.

Advising Sunderland arc regeneration company on large scale proposals for the redevelopment of strategic sites in Sunderland City Centre including the promotion at a public inquiry of a mixed-use scheme on the ‘Vaux’ site.

Advising Greenwich Council as host borough for the 2012 Olympics Games at the O2 site at Greenwich Peninsula, the Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich Common and Greenwich Royal Park on the progress of planning applications and associated legal matters.

APPOINTMENTS
Chairman of Panel, Examination in Public of First Alteration to Devon Structure Plan (1986
Secretary, Local Government and Planning Bar Association (1990-1993)

AFFILIATIONS
PEBA

EDUCATION
1951 - 1958 Mercers' School
1958 - 1960 City of London School
1960 - 1964 New College, Oxford
1964 BA Modern languages

DIRECTORY ENTRIES
Chambers & Partners, 2010:
Recommended leader in Planning Law: “(he) goes down well with clients as they know he turns it on when necessary and achieves results with his subtle approach. Incredibly experienced at planning inquiries, he is known for getting on well with inspectors” (2007), "(He) boasts a very good track record of success, (he) was recommended for his intellectual ability and excellent work" (2008) and "Exceptional advocate... he possesses fantastic people skills and attracts instructions as a consequence of his bright and inspector-friendly disposition" (2009).

Legal 500, 2009:
Recommended leader in Planning Law

Legal Experts, 2010:
Leading expert in Planning Law

CLERKS EMAIL
Michael Kaplan and Elliot Langdorf