PLANNING LAW AND PRACTICE Second Edition CP Cavendish Publishing Limited London • Sydney PLANNING LAW AND PRACTICE Second Edition J Cameron Blackhall BA (Hons), Dip Landscape Design, MRTPI, ALI CP Cavendish Publishing Limited London • Sydney Second edition first published in Great Britain 2000 by Cavendish Publishing Limited, The Glass House, Wharton Street, London WC1X 9PX, United Kingdom Telephone: +44 (0)20 7278 8000 Facsimile: +44 (0)20 7278 8080 Email:
[email protected] Visit our Home Page on http://www.cavendishpublishing.com © Blackhall, JC First edition Second edition 2000 1998 2000 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except under the terms of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 9HE, UK, without the permission in writing of the publisher. Blackhall, J Cameron Planning law and practice – 2nd edn 1 Planning – Law and legislation – England 2 Land use – Law and legislation – England 3 Planning – Law and legislation – Wales 4 Land use – Law and legislation – Wales I Title 346.4'2'045 ISBN 1 85941 572 5 Printed and bound in Great Britain To A, B and C PREFACE The preface to the first edition of this book included the statement that ‘nothing is permanent’. This is not only true of the use of land and buildings but also legislation governing town and country planning and the interpretation of that legislation by the courts. This second edition deals with the recent changes and essentially provides an update on planning law and practice, as well as an opportunity to provide the reader with additional material. I make no apology for retaining the original format which readers have acknowledged is successful and which resulted in the first edition being awarded the Chartered Institute of Builders 1999 Gold Award for the best reference book related to the work of the building industry. The law relating to town and country planning directly or indirectly affects the life of each of us. The demands we place on the use of land for food, manufactured and processed products, places of employment, communications, shopping, recreation and o