Module Information

Planning and development control play a critical role in influencing the built and protected environment in which we live. It is an activity that is controlled by a wide range of primary and secondary legislation, technical guidance, local planning policy and local planning practice. Students of the countryside require an understanding of the basic principles and how they are administered in practice, who are the major participants in influencing development control and how it directly affects communities and individuals within communities. This is a practical and vocational module that has students undertaking a planning assessment on a given area which will be in keeping with the principles of best professional practice. There will be interaction with the local planning authority. There is reference to statutory and non-statutory planning tools. By utilizing field situations and evaluating real-life planning issues the module will deliver realism and relevance in the countryside context. Skills of analysis, interpretation, and evaluation are developed within the framework of countryside protection and enhancement.