Planning Law

This second edition of Neil Collar's highly successful Planning has been thoroughly updated and revised. The result is the most practical and complete analysis of planning law in Scotland. Thorough, detailed and approachable, Neil Collar's Planning provides an excellent introduction to the subject. It incorporates all changes in the law occurring since the publication of the last edition in 1994, including the consolidation of the Planning Acts and local government reorganisation. Among the issues highlighted and explored are the status of development plans, the new inquiry procedure rules, and the Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1999. The future of the subject is explored with discussion of the establishment of the Scottish Parliament and the implications of the Human Rights Act 1998. Neil Collar's Planning is essential reading for practitioners and professionals from a variety of disciplines, from legal to surveying, architectural and construction to local government and planning departments.