The Essential Guide to Planning Law (2e)

Decision-Making and Practice in the UK
2. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-4473-7396-4
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm

This accessible introduction to planning law covers England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in equal depth. Linking legal principles to real-world planning practice, it shows how planning law shapes our built environment.

Fully updated to reflect the latest legislative changes, this second edition explores key topics such as governance, environmental assessment and major infrastructure projects. It features:

- recommended reading lists;

- illustrative photographs;

- case study text boxes.

Designed for students of planning, law and property-related fields, this textbook provides the essential knowledge of the legal and regulatory framework you’ll need in practice. Whether you're studying planning law for the first time or looking for a concise reference, this is your go-to guide.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sheppard, Adam

Ritchie, Heather

Macari, Kirsty

Morphet, Charlotte

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Berufspraxis
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Kommunal- und Baurecht Raumordnung, Städtebau, Wohnungsbaurecht
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

1. Introduction and Context

2. The Development of Planning Law

3. Government and Governance

4. Plans and Policy

5. Core Elements of Planning Law

6. Mainstream Development Management

7. Planning Conditions, Agreements, and Obligations

8. Assessing and Mitigating Project Impacts

9. Major Infrastructure Planning

10. Heritage, Conservation, and Nature

11. Minerals and Waste Planning

12. Marine Spatial Planning

13. Enforcement

14. Planning Appeals, Judicial Review, and the Ombudsman

15. Concluding Remarks

Über Autor(innen)

Ritchie, Heather
Dr Heather Ritchie is Lecturer in Spatial Planning and Energy Policy in the School of the Built Environment, Ulster University.

Sheppard, Adam
Adam Sheppard MRTPI FRGS FHEA is a planning academic at UWE Bristol with a background from professional practice. After working as a development management planner in local government Adam moved into academia where he now teaches and researches site scale planning implementation and decision making.

Adam Sheppard is Assistant Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Birmingham.

Heather Ritchie is Lecturer in the School of Natural and Built Environment at Queen’s University Belfast.

Kirsty Macari is Lecturer in Urban Planning at the University of Dundee.

Charlotte Morphet is Senior Lecturer at the University of the Built Environment.