* Planning Law: A Practitioner's Handbook 2nd ed

NOT YET PUBLISHED

Planning Law: A Practitioner's Handbook is an indispensable reference work for the busy planning professional, providing answers to a whole range of problems which commonly arise in day-to-day practice.

The second edition has new and expanded chapters on a number of topics, such as housing supply and the operation of the titled balance, renewable energy from wind and solar. It also deals with national policy in conserving and enhancing the natural environment (including the protected landscapes duty in the case of national parks and National Landscapes [formerly AONBs], planning in the Green Belt, planning and flood risk, planning in town centres and air quality). The book also has up-to-date chapters on planning enforcement, legal challenges and public rights of way.

This second edition covers several important recent developments since the publication of the first edition, such as the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025. There are also chapters dealing with recent reforms and further anticipated changes to planning law.

table of content

Preface

1. Reform

2. Administration of Planning Law

3. Development Plans and Plan-making

4. Neighbourhood Planning

5. Development Control (Including Use Classes)

6. Planning Permission

7. Permitted Development

8. Planning Conditions;

9. Planning Obligations

10. Housing Supply and Delivery and Operation of the ‘Tilted Balance’

11. Community Infrastructure Levy;

12. Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects

13. Lawful Development Certificates ;

14. Enforcement of Planning Control

15. Purchase Notices and Blight Notices

16. Renewable Energy From Wind and Solar Power

17. Development in the Green Belt ;

18. The Contribution of National Policy in Conserving and Enhancing the Natural Environment

19. Environmental Impact Assessment

20. Habitats Regulations and Biodiversity Net Gain

21. Planning and Flood Risk

22. Tree Preservation Orders, Trees in Conservation Areas and Hedgerows

23. Planning in Town Centres ;

24. Air Quality

25. Heritage: Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas

26. Public Rights of Way;

27. Powers of Local Planning Authority to Require Land to be Cleaned up

28. Gypsies and Travellers

29. Appeals and Review of Planning Decisions