Planning Permission

Planning Permission covers the core of the planning regime which is planning permission. It explains the need for planning permission, permitted development, planning applications, planning appeals, consequential High Court proceedings and the interpretation of planning permission. It gives details of the daily work of planning lawyers, consultants and officers. It is a practical and comprehensive guide to planning permission and essential reading for all planning lawyers and consultants and will also appeal to property lawyers advising clients in this area. The appendices include the planning permission provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (broadly sections 55 to 106B), the English Development Management, Permitted Development and Use Classes Orders, the four sets of appeals rules and regulations, and extracts from the key circulars. Contents: 1 Outline of the planning system and underlying principles; 2 The meaning of development; 3 The Use Classes Order; 4 The need for planning permission; 5 Permitted development rights; 6 Planning applications; 7 Requirements of applications; 8 The application process; 9 Environmental Impact Assessment; 10 Determining planning applications; 11 Application of policy; 12 Habitats; 13 The decision making process; 14 Policy substance - NPPF; 15 London; 16 Planning conditions; 17 Planning Obligations; 18 The issue of planning permission; 19 Planning permission for variations and retrospective consents: Section 73 and 73A; 20 Non-material variations; 21 Reserved matters and approval of details under conditions; 22 Interpretation of planning permission; 23 Community Infrastructure Levy; 24 Call-ins and the role of ministers; 25 Planning Appeals - preliminaries and tactics; 26 Householder appeals; 27 Written representations; 28 Hearings; 29 Inquiries; 30 High Court challenges; 31 Complaints and the correction of errors; 32 Other means of obtaining planning permission - development orders, deemed planning permission and Simplified Planning Zones.