Planning silk awarded CBE in New Year Honours List 2025

High-profile planning barrister Christopher Katkowski KC has been made a CBE for his services to Planning in the New Year Honours List 2025.

Katkowski, who practices from Kings Chambers, has appeared at hundreds of planning inquiries and court cases over the last 40 years.

Career highlights include The Shard and most recently Places for Everyone, the joint development plan for nine Greater Manchester authorities, and the Holocaust Memorial Bill in its select committee stages in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

Katkowski said: “I am, literally, honoured to have been made a CBE and would like to say to all the wonderful people who I have worked with over these many years who have helped me to reach this stage of my career that everything you have done is hugely appreciated by me. ”Commander Kit Kat” who would have thought?!”