Richard Harwood KC is a planning, environment and public law silk at 39 Essex Chambers. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2013 and awarded an OBE for services to planning and environment law decision making in 2014. Richard is the author of Bloomsbury Professional’s Planning Enforcement and Planning Permission and other books. In 2015 he was appointed by the Minister for Housing and Planning as the sole lawyer on the Local Plans Expert Group.Victoria Hutton is a planning, environment and public law barrister at 39 Essex Chambers. She has consistently been voted as one of the top planning barristers (under-35 category) in the country. She has gained considerable experience of strategic planning with particular expertise in the context of local plan examinations and the formation of/challenges to neighborhood plans.This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Planning Law online service.

• PrefaceTable of statutesTable of statutory instrumentsTable of cases1. Introduction2. Legal Principles3. Strategic Environmental Assessment and Habitats4. National Planning Policy – England5. National Policy Statements6. National Waste and Air Quality Policies and Strategies7. Local Plans8. Brownfield Land Registers9. London and Devolved City Regions10. Neighbourhood Development Plans11. Supplementary Planning Documents and other Non-development Plan Policy12. National Planning Policy – Wales13. Strategic Plans – Wales14. Welsh Local Development Plans15. Welsh Supplementary Planning Guidance16. Northern Ireland: Plans and Policies Adopted by Ministers17. Local Development Plans in Northern Ireland18. Marine Planning19. National Agencies’ Policies20. Local Policies21. Representations and Examinations22. High Court ChallengesAppendix 1 Town and Country Planning Act 1990Appendix 2 Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004Appendix 3 Planning Act 2008Appendix 4 Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004, SI 2004/1633Appendix 5 Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012, SI 2012/767Appendix 6 Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012, SI 2012/637Appendix 7 Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017, SI 2017/403Appendix 8 Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017, SI 2017/1012Index

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Richard Harwood KC is a planning, environment and public law silk at 39 Essex Chambers. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2013 and awarded an OBE for services to planning and environment law decision making in 2014. Richard is the author of Bloomsbury Professional’s Planning Enforcement and Planning Permission and other books. In 2015 he was appointed by the Minister for Housing and Planning as the sole lawyer on the Local Plans Expert Group.Victoria Hutton is a planning, environment and public law barrister at 39 Essex Chambers. She has consistently been voted as one of the top planning barristers (under-35 category) in the country. She has gained considerable experience of strategic planning with particular expertise in the context of local plan examinations and the formation of/challenges to neighborhood plans.This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Planning Law online service.

• PrefaceTable of statutesTable of statutory instrumentsTable of cases1. Introduction2. Legal Principles3. Strategic Environmental Assessment and Habitats4. National Planning Policy – England5. National Policy Statements6. National Waste and Air Quality Policies and Strategies7. Local Plans8. Brownfield Land Registers9. London and Devolved City Regions10. Neighbourhood Development Plans11. Supplementary Planning Documents and other Non-development Plan Policy12. National Planning Policy – Wales13. Strategic Plans – Wales14. Welsh Local Development Plans15. Welsh Supplementary Planning Guidance16. Northern Ireland: Plans and Policies Adopted by Ministers17. Local Development Plans in Northern Ireland18. Marine Planning19. National Agencies’ Policies20. Local Policies21. Representations and Examinations22. High Court ChallengesAppendix 1 Town and Country Planning Act 1990Appendix 2 Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004Appendix 3 Planning Act 2008Appendix 4 Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004, SI 2004/1633Appendix 5 Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012, SI 2012/767Appendix 6 Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012, SI 2012/637Appendix 7 Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017, SI 2017/403Appendix 8 Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017, SI 2017/1012Index

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Richard Harwood KC is a planning, environment and public law silk at 39 Essex Chambers. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2013 and awarded an OBE for services to planning and environment law decision making in 2014. Richard is the author of Bloomsbury Professional’s Planning Enforcement and Planning Permission and other books. In 2015 he was appointed by the Minister for Housing and Planning as the sole lawyer on the Local Plans Expert Group.Victoria Hutton is a planning, environment and public law barrister at 39 Essex Chambers. She has consistently been voted as one of the top planning barristers (under-35 category) in the country. She has gained considerable experience of strategic planning with particular expertise in the context of local plan examinations and the formation of/challenges to neighborhood plans.This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Planning Law online service.

• PrefaceTable of statutesTable of statutory instrumentsTable of cases1. Introduction2. Legal Principles3. Strategic Environmental Assessment and Habitats4. National Planning Policy – England5. National Policy Statements6. National Waste and Air Quality Policies and Strategies7. Local Plans8. Brownfield Land Registers9. London and Devolved City Regions10. Neighbourhood Development Plans11. Supplementary Planning Documents and other Non-development Plan Policy12. National Planning Policy – Wales13. Strategic Plans – Wales14. Welsh Local Development Plans15. Welsh Supplementary Planning Guidance16. Northern Ireland: Plans and Policies Adopted by Ministers17. Local Development Plans in Northern Ireland18. Marine Planning19. National Agencies’ Policies20. Local Policies21. Representations and Examinations22. High Court ChallengesAppendix 1 Town and Country Planning Act 1990Appendix 2 Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004Appendix 3 Planning Act 2008Appendix 4 Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004, SI 2004/1633Appendix 5 Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012, SI 2012/767Appendix 6 Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012, SI 2012/637Appendix 7 Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017, SI 2017/403Appendix 8 Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017, SI 2017/1012Index

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