- Intermediate/Introductory *6 hours CPD
This course is designed to give conveyancers a comprehensive grounding in all aspects of planning law and major recent developments in the form of the Planning Act 2008. The course will cover:
- The Planning System before and after the Planning and Compensation Act 2004
- Definition of "Development"
- What's the Use? The Use Classes Order
- Permitted Development and the changes made by the 2008 amendments
- How to make a planning application. Who to consult?
- Dealing with conditions and implementing a permission
- Refusals and how to deal with them
- Challenges by appeals or Judicial Review
- Lawful Development Certificates
- Section 106 Agreements and proposals for reform
- Enforcement of planning controls
- Listed buildings and conservation areas
- Protecting Trees
- Planning Act 2008: the Planning Infrastructure Commission; Community Infrastructure Levy; Reforms to appeals
- Review of Government proposals for other reforms to the planning system