John Ratcliffe is Professor Emeritus at Dublin University of Technology; he practised as a Chartered Planning and Development Surveyor for many years. John is now a Strategic Foresight Consultant for the Built Environment.Michael Stubbs is a Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He specialises in planning work and was formerly the land use and planning adviser for the National Trust London and South East region. Currently, he advises the Chilterns Conservation Board and is a visiting lecturer at UCL The Bartlett School and at Oxford Brookes School of the Built Environment. Miles Keeping is a Chartered Surveyor and foundation Director of Hilbreak sustainability consultants. Miles was formerly Head of Responsible Property Investment at Deloitte Real Estate and prior to that held roles as Head of Sustainability at GVA and as a Partner at King Sturge. He was a Senior Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University before joining private practice.

• PART ONE Chapter 1.Urban planning and real estate development: the contextChapter 2. Planning law, legal principles and planning practiceChapter 3. Design in planning and property developmentChapter 4. Heritage planning and conservation of the historic environment in planning and property developmentPART TWO Chapter 5.Sustainability in planning and property development Chapter 6. Place-making, regeneration and the housing crisis Chapter 7. Property and sustainability PART THREE Chapter 8. The real estate development processChapter 9. Development site appraisalChapter 10. Development valuations and viability studies Chapter 11. Property development finance PART FOUR Chapter 12. Closing Commentary - Towns and Cities of Tomorrow and the role of urban planning and development

John Ratcliffe is Professor Emeritus at Dublin University of Technology; he practised as a Chartered Planning and Development Surveyor for many years. John is now a Strategic Foresight Consultant for the Built Environment.Michael Stubbs is a Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He specialises in planning work and was formerly the land use and planning adviser for the National Trust London and South East region. Currently, he advises the Chilterns Conservation Board and is a visiting lecturer at UCL The Bartlett School and at Oxford Brookes School of the Built Environment. Miles Keeping is a Chartered Surveyor and foundation Director of Hilbreak sustainability consultants. Miles was formerly Head of Responsible Property Investment at Deloitte Real Estate and prior to that held roles as Head of Sustainability at GVA and as a Partner at King Sturge. He was a Senior Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University before joining private practice.

• PART ONE Chapter 1.Urban planning and real estate development: the contextChapter 2. Planning law, legal principles and planning practiceChapter 3. Design in planning and property developmentChapter 4. Heritage planning and conservation of the historic environment in planning and property developmentPART TWO Chapter 5.Sustainability in planning and property development Chapter 6. Place-making, regeneration and the housing crisis Chapter 7. Property and sustainability PART THREE Chapter 8. The real estate development processChapter 9. Development site appraisalChapter 10. Development valuations and viability studies Chapter 11. Property development finance PART FOUR Chapter 12. Closing Commentary - Towns and Cities of Tomorrow and the role of urban planning and development

John Ratcliffe is Professor Emeritus at Dublin University of Technology; he practised as a Chartered Planning and Development Surveyor for many years. John is now a Strategic Foresight Consultant for the Built Environment.Michael Stubbs is a Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He specialises in planning work and was formerly the land use and planning adviser for the National Trust London and South East region. Currently, he advises the Chilterns Conservation Board and is a visiting lecturer at UCL The Bartlett School and at Oxford Brookes School of the Built Environment. Miles Keeping is a Chartered Surveyor and foundation Director of Hilbreak sustainability consultants. Miles was formerly Head of Responsible Property Investment at Deloitte Real Estate and prior to that held roles as Head of Sustainability at GVA and as a Partner at King Sturge. He was a Senior Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University before joining private practice.

• PART ONE Chapter 1.Urban planning and real estate development: the contextChapter 2. Planning law, legal principles and planning practiceChapter 3. Design in planning and property developmentChapter 4. Heritage planning and conservation of the historic environment in planning and property developmentPART TWO Chapter 5.Sustainability in planning and property development Chapter 6. Place-making, regeneration and the housing crisis Chapter 7. Property and sustainability PART THREE Chapter 8. The real estate development processChapter 9. Development site appraisalChapter 10. Development valuations and viability studies Chapter 11. Property development finance PART FOUR Chapter 12. Closing Commentary - Towns and Cities of Tomorrow and the role of urban planning and development