Sasha White KC
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 1 : Planning
Band 1
About
Provided by Sasha White KC
Practice Areas
Sasha specialises in all areas of Planning, Local Government and Judicial Review. In the past 15 years he has appeared in over 250 planning public inquiries and appeared in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court over 50 times.
Winner of Legal 500 Planning Silk of the Year 2024.
In the past 5 years he:
- Represented the LPA in the Westferry call in inquiry and the High Court proceedings.
- Represented the developers in gaining permission for 400 houses in the Green Belt in Little Chalfont.
- Represented the developers in the B and Q Cricklewood call in inquiry for 1000 houses.
- Represented the developers in the Bury St Edmund inquiry for 1300 houses.
- Instructed in the Marlow Film Studios inquiry programmed for 2025.
Career
Sasha joined the Bar in 1991 and gained tenancy in 1993 in the Chambers of Lionel Read.
He has practiced from the same chambers for the past 30 years.
He took silk in 2013.
He has worked for most of the leading solicitors, planning consultants and developers in the UK.
He was head of the planning group at Landmark from 2020-2023.
Professional Memberships
Planning and Environmental Bar Association.
Bar of England and Wales.
Publications
Planning Appeals - CLT [1997]
Personal
Director of Kent County Cricket Club and previously of Middlesex County Cricket Club.
Chair of the Home Counties Premier Cricket League.
Plays Tennis, Cricket, Football, Skiing, and Cycling.
Has run 4 marathons and 21 half marathons.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Sasha White KC is an incredibly active silk who is frequently instructed on behalf of the largest names in retail and residential development. He garners high praise from his instructing solicitors for his strong advocacy at appeal and in judicial review. He is particularly noteworthy for his frequent appearances in public inquiries.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Sasha is a leading planning KC. He provides insightful and valuable advice."
"Sasha is always a delight to work with. His friendly demeanour is underpinned by an intelligent approach to cases."
"Sasha is a powerhouse. He has superb commercial awareness and is an incredibly sophisticated advocate with impeccable client care."
"Sasha is a leading planning KC. He provides insightful and valuable advice."
"Sasha is always a delight to work with. His friendly demeanour is underpinned by an intelligent approach to cases."
"Sasha is a powerhouse. He has superb commercial awareness and is an incredibly sophisticated advocate with impeccable client care."
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