Richard Harwood is a planning, environment and public law KC at 39 Essex Chambers. Voted as one of the top ten Planning Silks in Planning magazine’s surveys, he has appeared in many of the leading cases of recent years.He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2013 and in 2014 he was awarded an OBE for services to planning and environment law decision making.He is a member of the Planning Minister's Local Plans Expert Group and a case editor of the Journal of Planning and Environment Law.