Course Code: T917

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PLANNING
The Essentials
Monday, 15 September

An explanation of how the planning system works in legal and practical terms. The course covers: the essential concepts in planning, how to handle a planning application and appeal, the use of consultants and an updating on current issues and developments.

The course will cover:
• Planning applications
• The Planning Officer’s Report
• Negotiating with Local Authorities
• Planning obligations and planning contributions
• Estimating the chances of planning consent success
• Appeals
• Latest Government circulars and update on planning policy guidance
• The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004
• Listed buildings and conservation areas
• Judicial review – how likely and with what consequences
• The Government’s planning reforms

COURSE DIRECTORS:
Richard Harwood, Barrister, 39 Essex Street
Peter Weatherhead, Director, DTZ - Planning and Development