As a University Senior Lecturer, the author has taught planning law in England and Malaysia to both postgraduate and undergraduate students in a variety of disciplines which require an understanding of the planning system. He is also involved in private practice as a planning and landscape consultant and has drawn heavily on his own experiences to provide a text that is up to date, practical and easily understood.
Praise for the earlier editions; 'This textbook provides a full coverage of all areas of planning law and practice likely to be encountered on an undergraduate or post graduate programmes provided for law students or those studying the subject in courses in the fields of planning, architecture or engineering. An introductory chapter provides an excellent outline survey or the origins of present-day planning legislation with a blow by blow account of subsequent developments in legislation as influences by changing ideologies.' The Law Teacher, Col 33, 99. 'A useful comparative aide memoire for the busy practitioner looking for an overview of the key practical essentials involved in planning. Scottish Law Gazette.