Details
- Clearly written and accessible, this book provides a step-by-step guide to planning law and practice
- Extensively revised and updated to include full coverage of recent legislative changes and case law
- Follows a planning application through the various stages, making it easy for practitioners to locate key information
New to this edition
- Full treatment of all recent cases and developments, including those arising from the Localism Act 2011
- Revised treatment of more specialized areas of planning law, such as ancient monuments and areas of archaeological importance
Despite repeated attempts in recent years to simplify the planning system, planning law has continued to be so complex that practitioners and students alike have found it difficult to disentangle the issues and principles involved. The twelfth edition of this popular and accessible book aims to remove the mystery which planning law has for so many people.
A Practical Approach to Planning Law continues to provide a comprehensive and systematic account of the principles and practice of planning law, guiding the reader through each stage of the planning process, from permission applications through to disputes and appeals. Containing coverage of all recent cases as well as important developments since the publication of the previous edition, particularly those arising out of the Localism Act 2011, this new edition provides an invaluable introduction to the subject for professionals and students alike.
The A Practical Approach series is the perfect partner for practice work. Each title focuses on one field of the law, providing a comprehensive overview of the subject together with clear, practical advice and tips on issues likely to arise in practice. The books are also an excellent resource for those new to the law, where the expert overview and clear layout promote clarity and ease of understanding.
Readership: Primary market: Solicitors and barristers specializing in planning law; planning officers in local government authorities; land managers and surveyors; students studying planning law and planning law modules on related courses. Secondary market: academics and reference libraries.
1: Historical Introduction
2: Planning Organization
3: Simplified Planning Zones
The Development of Development Plans
4: Development Plans: Their Legal Significance After The Planning And Compulsory Purchase Act 2004
5: Definition of Development 1: Operational Development
6: Definition of Development 2: Material Change of Use
7: The Need for Planning Permission 1: General Permitted
8: Development Order; Local Development Orders
9: The Need for Planning Permission 2: Cases of Doubt
10: Applications for Planning Permission 1: Pre-Submission Requirements
11: Applications for Planning Permission 2: Procedure on Receipt of Applications by the Local Planning Authority
12: Determinations of Applications for Planning Permission
13: Environmental Impact Assessment
14: Strategic Environmental Assessment
15: Conditions
16: The Construction, Scope, Effect, and Life of a Planning Permission
17: Development by the Crown, Statutory Undertakers, and Local Authorities; Public Works Orders and Local Authorities; Public Works Orders
18: Planning Agreements; Planning Obligations; and The Community Infrastructure Levy 319
19: Appeals; Statutory Review; Judicial Review; The Ombudsman
20: Human Rights
21: Enforcement of Planning Control
22: Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
23: Ancient Monuments and Areas of Archaeological Importance
24: Minerals
25: The Control of Outdoor Advertisements
26: Trees, Hedgerows, and High Hedges
27: Conservation of Natural Habitats and Protected Species
28: Remedies for Adverse Planning Decisions
29: Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects
Victor Moore, Emeritus Professor of Reading University, Barrister of Gray's Inn, and Michael Purdue, Professor of Law, City University
Victor Moore is a barrister of Gray's Inn and Professor Emeritus of the University of Reading. For many years he was editor of Journal of Planning and Environment Law. He has written and lectured extensively on aspects of planning law in the USA, EU, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan.
Michael Purdue is Professor of Law at City University and is editor of the Journal of Planning and Environment Law.
Review(s) from previous edition
"It is always a pleasure to welcome the new edition of...A Practical Approach to Planning Law....the book has to be essential reading for anyone working in the field - ELFLine
