Sheppard / Ritchie / Macari The Essential Guide to Planning Law (Second Edition)

Decision-making and Practice in the UK
2. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-4473-7398-8
Verlag: Policy Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 310 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
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Kommunal- und Baurecht Raumordnung, Städtebau, Wohnungsbaurecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Janet Askew

1. Introduction: Planning Law in 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. Conclusion and Reflections

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.

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

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.

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

Adam Sheppard is a development management specialist with 20 years’ experience in local government and academia.

Heather Ritchie is Senior 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.