Module Information

Module Identifier
LAM5910
Module Title
Planning Law and Land Use
Academic Year
2014/2015
Co-ordinator
Dr Nerys Ann Llewelyn Jones
Semester
Distance Learning

Course Delivery

Delivery Type Delivery length / details
Other Private study on DL units; Preparation and submission of written assignment; Additional research and private study
 

Assessment

Assessment Type Assessment length / details Proportion
Semester Assessment Module Assessment  Written assignment of 5,000 words  100%

Brief description

The Town and Country Planning system, introduced in its current form just after the Second World War, provides a mechanism for the public, acting through its elected representatives, to make decisions on the use of land. The government'r espousal of the concept of sustainable development has added to the importance of the planning system. This module is concerned with the legal rules that regulate the democratic process of planning and, in particular, the development plan, planning consent and Environmental Impact Assessment. The student is invited to consider the relationship of the planning system to other types of environmental control, such as regulations for the control of pollution and to question the effectiveness of the system to deliver environmental objectives.

Reading List

Recommended Text
Blackhall, J.Cameron Planning Law and Practice Document 1. Read: pages 1-16, Chapter 1, Blackhall J Development of Planning Law and Practice (2000) edition 2r.e. Cavendish Publishing Primo search Moore, Victor Practical Approach to Planning Law Document 3. Read: pages 134 140 (2000) (7th edition) edition 7r.e. Blackstone P. Primo search Moore, Victor Practical Approach to Planning Law Document 4. Read: pages 140 - 147 (2000 - 7th edition) edition 7r.e. Blackstone P. Primo search Moore, Victor Practical Approach to Planning Law Document 6. Read: pages 204-230 (2000 - 7th edition) edition 7r.e. Blackstone P. Primo search Law,Policy and Development in the Rural Environment Document 7. Read: Crow Planning appeals, s 54A and the rural battleground (1999) Univ.Wales P. Primo search Cases decided in the Court of Session http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=Cases+decided+in+the+Court+of+Session&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Module Assignment DocumentsDocument 15. Read: World Wide Fund for Nature and RSPB v Secretary of State for Scotland (1998) Court of Session, Outer House DETR Circular 02/99 Environmental Impact Assessment http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_planning/documents/page/odpm_plan_606799.hcsp Document 9. Read: DETR Circular 02/99 Environmental Impact Assessment Environmental law review http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=environmental+law+review&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 12. Read: Last, K., (1999) Environmental Assessment and the Designation of Special Protection Areas: The Cairngorm Funicular Railway (`1999) 1 Environmental Law Review 133 Environmental law review http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=environmental+law+review&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 14. Read: Lea, A., Environmental Impact Assessment should the regulations apply to reserved matters applications? (2000) 2 Environmental Law Review 131 Highland Regional Council http://www.highland.gov.uk/ Module Assignment DocumentsDocument 16. Read: Highland Regional Council, Cairngorm Funicular Railway Planning Application and Supporting Documents. Not available online Highland Regional Council http://www.highland.gov.uk/ Module Assignment DocumentsDocument 17. Read: Cairngorm Funicular Railway Application Environmental Statement. Not available online Highland Regional Council http://www.highland.gov.uk/ Module Assignment DocumentsDocument 18. Read: Cairngorm Funicular Railway Planning Agreement. Not available online Journal of environmental law http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=journal+of+environmental+law&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 10. Read: MacRory, R. (1992) Environmental Assessment and Community Law [1992] 4 Journal of Environmental Law 273 . Article not available online. Journal of environmental law http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=journal+of+environmental+law&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 11. Read: Stallworthy, M., (1998) Planning Law as a Tool of Environmental Protection: The UKs Slow Embrace of Environmental Assessment (1998) 10 Journal of Environmental Law 363. Journal of environmental law http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=journal+of+environmental+law&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 13. Read: Journal of environmental law http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=journal+of+environmental+law&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 5. Read: Mylrea Drawing the line between planning control and pollution control Journal of Environmental Law (1994) 6(1) 93, pages 94 106. Article not available online. Statutory Instruments http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=statutory+instruments&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 8. Read: The Town and Country Planning (EIA) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 Summary of Part 1 of the Ceredigion Unitary Development Plan http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/cyngor/udp/ Document 2. Supplementary Text
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Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 7