Dr Ashley Bowes is a barrister specialising in planning law at Cornerstone Barristers and is the General Editor of the Journal of Planning & Environmental Law. He is ranked as a leading practitioner in the field by Chambers & Partners, the Legal 500 and by the trade magazine, Planning. Ashley has experience of acting for developers and planning authorities at public inquiries, and has acted for both claimants and defendants at all stages of planning litigation, including to the Supreme Court. He is also a member of the Attorney General's C Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown, in which capacity he represents the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government in planning litigation concerning the UK Government.

• 1: Historical Introduction2: Planning Organization3: The Evolution of Development Plans4: Development Plans: Their Legal Significance After the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 20045: Definition of Development 1: Operational Development6: Definition of Development 2: Material Change of Use7: The Need for Planning Permission 1: General Permitted Development Order; Local Development Orders8: The Need for Planning Permission 2: Cases of Doubt9: Applications for Planning Permission 1: Pre-Submission Requirements10: Applications for Planning Permission 2: Procedure on Receipt of Applications by the Local Planning Authority11: Determinations of Applications for Planning Permission12: Environmental Impact Assessment13: Strategic Environmental Assessment14: Conditions15: The Construction, Scope, Effect, and Life of a Planning Permission16: Development by the Crown, Statutory Undertakers, and Local Authorities; Public Works Orders17: Planning Agreements; Planning Obligations; and The Community Infrastructure Levy18: Appeals; Statutory Review; Judicial Review; The Ombudsman19: Human Rights20: Enforcement of Planning Control21: Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas22: Ancient Monuments and Areas of Archaeological Importance23: Minerals24: The Control of Outdoor Advertisements25: Trees, Hedgerows, and High Hedges26: Conservation of Natural Habitats and Protected Species and Biodiversity27: Remedies for Adverse Planning Decisions28: Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects29: Town and Village Greens