Subjects:

Planning Law

Contents:

1 Historical Introduction

2 Planning Organization

3 Simplified Planning Zones

4 Development Plans

5. Definition of Development 1: Operational Development

6 Definition of Development 2: Material Change of Use

7 The Need for Planning Permission 1: Permitted Development

8 The Need for Planning Permission 2: Cases of Doubt

9 Applications for Planning Permission 1: Pre-submission Requirements

10 Applications for Planning Permission 2: Procedure on Receipt of Application by the Local Planning Authority

11 Determinations of Applications for Planning Permission

12. Environmental Impact Assessment

13. Conditions

14. The Construction, Scope, Effect, and Life of a Planning Permission

15. Development by the Crown, Statutory Undertakers and Local Authorities

Public Works Orders

16. Planning Agreements and Planning Obligations

17. Appeals

Statutory Review

Judicial Review

the Ombudsman

18. Enforcement

19. Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas

20. Ancient Monuments and Areas of Archaeological Importance

21. Minerals

22. The Control of Outdoor Advertisements

23. Trees and Hedgerows

24. Conservation of Natural Habitats

25. Remedies for Adverse Planning Decisions

APPENDICES

Out Of Print

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 complicated issues and principles involved. A Practical Approach to Planning Law is a clearly-written and accessible book which aims to remove the mystery the planning law has for many people.

This new edition has been fully updated to provide coverage of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 as well as considering many of the more important cases over the last two years.