Insight into planning law and its place within broader institutional
and legal frameworks.
Planning is at the heart of the response to many of the significant
challenges of our time, from the climate and environmental crises to
social and economic inequalities. It is embedded in, as well as
partially constituting, our democratic systems, so that the challenges
of democratic decision-making in a complex society cannot be avoided
when thinking about planning. Planning law raises some of the most
fundamental questions faced by legal scholars, from the legitimacy of
authority to the relationship between public and private rights and
interests. And yet, planning law has been relatively neglected by legal
scholars. This book helps rectify that by showcasing planning law
scholarship in all of its variety and complexity. The chapters reflect
this by covering a range of the objects of planning (from housing to
energy to highways) and a multiplicity of planning tasks and tools (from
compulsory purchase to contracting to planning inquiries).
