Certificate in Planning Law in One Day

Introduction

This virtual classroom seminar aims to provide an in-depth introduction to the key elements of planning law to anyone involved in the planning process.

It will consider the fundamentals of the planning system and how it is administered. It will look at the planning application process including procedural issues and what should be included in an application.

The live session will consider the decision-making process, post-consent issues including appeals, amending planning permissions, and interpreting planning documents. Lawfulness, enforcement, and court challenges are covered, with the emphasis again being on giving practical and accessible guidance.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive course will cover the following:

• The legal framework
• National policy and guidance
• The development plan and other policies
• The development plan, strategic development strategies, local plans, supplementary plans, and neighbourhood plans
• What is ‘development’?
• Operational development, material changes of use, and changes within a single use class
• Other changes of use that are not development
• Cases of doubt - certificates of lawfulness
• Planning permission
• Permission granted by a general development order
• Article 4 directions withdrawing permission
• Permission granted by other development orders
• Full planning permission granted on application
• Outline permission and permission in principle
• Permission for development already carried out
• Applying for planning permission
• The pre-application stage
• The planning application process: what to include
• Need for environmental impact assessment
• Power to decline a planning application
• Publicity and consultation
• Amending an application
• Approval of reserved matters
• Planning decision making
• The plan-led system
• Other material planning considerations
• Officer reports and committee meetings
• Delegated decisions
• Reasons for decisions
• Call-in of applications
• Conditions, obligations and CIL
• Liability for community infrastructure levy (CIL)
• Effect, duration, and implementation of permission
• The decision notice and the planning register
• Benefit, duration, interpreting, and implementation of planning permissions
• Inconsistent permissions
• Termination of permission where development not completed
• Amendments to a planning permission
• Nature conservation and recovery
• Habitats Regulations and appropriate assessment
• Biodiversity net gain
• Environmental Delivery Plans
• Local Nature Recovery Strategies
• Protected landscapes and SSSIs
• Historic buildings and areas
• Listed buildings, conservation areas, and other heritage assets
• Unlawful development
• Time limits, commencement of development, and substantial completion
• Challenging decisions

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.