Module Identifier | RD14810 | ||
Module Title | RURAL PLANNING AND AMENITY LAW | ||
Academic Year | 2001/2002 | ||
Co-ordinator | Dr Alister Scott | ||
Semester | Intended for use in future years | ||
Next year offered | N/A | ||
Next semester offered | N/A | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 22 Hours 11 x 2 hour | |
Practical | 12 Hours 4 x 3 hour | ||
Assessment | Assignment | Outcomes 2 and 3 | 50% |
Exam | 1.5 Hours Outcomes 1, 2 and 3 | 50% | |
Resit assessment | Students who fail to achieve an overall module mark of 40% OR the award of a mark of less than 30% for any assessment within the module will be required to resit the examination AND/OR re-present coursework. |
The module traces the conceptual development of planning and law and examines the key players and processes involved in implementation and enforcement with particular emphasis on countryside access and amenity. The practical applications of law and planning are applied to a range of different countryside situations.
Performance criteria:
The historical development of countryside law is explained
The evolution of the planning system is described
The economic and social context for the development of countryside and planning legislation is reviewed
Range:
Scott Report, Barlow Dennison and Skeffington
Health and public sanitation
Pest control/hunting/ownership
Amenity and conservation, NGOs - influences on political decision making
Outcome 2
Identify and analyse the structure of the planning and legal systems
Performance criteria:
The process of parliamentary enactment is described
The development plan process is identified
The development control process is identified
The role of the key actors impacting on countryside law and planning is identified
Range:
Parliamentary procedures/white papers/private members' bills/Command papers
Policy Guidance Notes (England, Wales and Scotland), Structure Plans, Local Plans, UDPs
Planning application/decision making/enforcement
European and national government/agencies/NGOs
Public participation: Development plan/control/inquiry/appeal/protest/Major:minor elites
Outcome 3
Identify and analyse the practical application of countryside law and planning
Performance criteria:
Operation of appropriate legal and planning tools is described
Practical applications of countryside law and planning are explored
Mechanisms for establishing open and linear access are examined
Range:
Amenity and Access law examples/roleplay situations
Examples of legal and planning tools through contemporary case study selection
PRoW/Common Land/Capital Gains tax/Management and Access agreements
Communicating
Managing tasks and solving problems
Use of IT