A Practical Approach to Planning Law

Victor Moore is a barrister of Gray's Inn and Professor Emeritus of the University of Reading. He is currently Visiting Professor in Law at City University and Joint Editor of the JPL Planning Law Case Reports. He was formerly Visiting Professor in Local Government and Planning at the Inns of Court School of Law and has written and lectured extensively on aspects of planning law in the United States, Europe, Australia, Hong Kong, and Japan.

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