The Essential Guide to Planning Law: Decision-Making and Practice in the UK - Softcover

Sheppard, Adam; Peel, Deborah; Ritchie, Heather; Berry, Sophie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447324463 ISBN 13: 9781447324461

Publisher: Policy Press, 2017

Synopsis

This textbook is designed to give students all the background and contextual information they will need to understand the regulatory structures that enable public and urban planning in the United Kingdom. Aimed at beginning students with little to no previous knowledge of law or planning, it enables them to understand the intersections of law and planning and more deeply engage with either subject.

About this title

About the Author

Adam Sheppard is a senior lecturer in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management at the University of the West of England.Deborah Peel is chair in architecture and planning at the University of Dundee. Heather Ritchie is a lecturer in spatial planning and energy policy at the School of the Built Environment at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. Sophie Berry is a senior planning officer for the Newport City Council. 

Review

“An easily accessible way into the planning worlds of our UK nations for someone who is just starting their career in planning. Reasonably compact but also comprehensive, it provides an overview of planning law and practice with an obvious link to the real world. Money worth spending.” (Harvey Pritchard, School of the Built Environment, Leeds Beckett University)

“Sheppard and colleagues have produced an extremely accessible ‘planning book that considers planning law and its application.’ Written specifically for students on a variety of built environment courses, this text provides an ideal introduction to the statutory basis of planning practice and decision making whilst unraveling the distinctive legal and policy arrangements that now characterize the devolved parts of the United Kingdom.” (Nick Gallent, head of the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London)

“Planning students—and others—can sometimes find it difficult to engage with law texts on planning.The Essential Guide to Planning Law speaks directly to planning students in a clear and concise way, giving them the confidence to engage with more complex legal material. The text also demonstrates experience and insight into what graduate planners need to know about planning, law, and practice.” (Neil Harris, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University)

Edition details

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1447324463
• ISBN 13: 9781447324461
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224