Richard Buxton Solicitors

We are a boutique firm of dedicated specialist solicitors working on environmental, planning and public law issues. Established over 30 years ago, we were the first dedicated environmental law firm in the country and have been ranked as a ‘top tier’ firm in Chambers and Partners for environmental law since the category's inception.

Based in Cambridge but with an established nationwide practice, we provide unparalleled advice and support to individuals, community groups, campaigns, charities, and local authorities. Our work includes challenging public authority decisions, pursuing nuisance claims, assisting with planning objections, planning appeals and public inquiries and advising on a wide range of environmental and planning-related matters.

Inevitably, environmental law is wide ranging. Our work has covered, for example, nature conservation (particularly habitat protection), energy developments from coal mines to incinerators to electricity infrastructure, environmental impact assessment (for developments ranging from Heathrow Terminal 5 to the local swimming pool), planning work with a particular focus on protected landscapes & heritage, rights of access & commons, public participation and information access rights, and noise and other environmental nuisance problems, such as light and odour.

We have had many cases in the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court (and before it the House of Lords), and before Brexit in the European Court of Justice, many breaking new ground for making environmental law effective.