Sarah Knapton
Call 2007 (Middle Temple)
Qualifications BA (Hons) English Literature, University of Leeds; Graduate Diploma in Law (Distinction), BVC (Very competent), College of Law; Advanced Award in Planning Law, University of Bristol; Blackstone Exhibition and Jules Thorn Scholarship (Middle Temple)
Professional memberships Planning and Environmental Bar Association, Chancery Bar Association, British Spanish Law Association, Advocates for International Development
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Background
Sarah joined Chambers in 2008 following successful completion of her pupillage.
Areas of Practice
Sarah is regularly instructed in planning and environmental law matters, and is happy to accept instructions in these and other areas of administrative law.
Sarah specialises in all areas of planning law. She has worked on behalf of developers, landowners, local authorities and interested parties, and has appeared (unled) at planning and enforcement inquiries on behalf of local authorities and landowners. She has acted as a junior at larger inquiries, notably at a large housing inquiry which included analysing evidence relating to the viability of planning obligations.
Sarah also receives instructions in matters concerning town and village greens and the law of commons.
She has acted on behalf of local authorities, developers and third parties in cases involving:
- Enforcement notices
- Breach of condition
- Interpretation of planning permission
- Listed buildings
- Section 288 and section 289 appeals and judicial review
- Use classes and material changes of use
- Definition of “development”
- CLEUDs
- Validity of conditions
- GPDO
- Advertising
She has recently acted as a junior (led by Peter Wadsley) in the case of Trim v North Dorset District Council [2010] EWCA Civ 1446.
Sarah has also given lectures on environmental law and town and village greens.
Other public and administrative law
Sarah has acted on behalf of local authorities in matters relating to data protection, freedom of information, environmental law and statutory nuisance. She is happy to be instructed in all areas of public and administrative law.
Sarah is also a member of the Commercial & Chancery Practice Group.
Languages
- Spanish, French
