Undergraduate Module Descriptor

LAW3210F: Planning Law for People and the Environment

This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.

Module Aims

This module aims to introduce you to planning law. The module will run over one term and will be devoted to providing an introduction to planning law, its practical elements, and its impact on the environment.

The module seeks to provide you with the foundations of both theoretical and empirical knowledge of planning law and policy, as well as equipping you with an understanding of the contemporary theory, debates and critical issues in, and perspectives on, environmental regulation and planning.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

This module's assessment will evaluate your achievement of the ILOs listed here – you will see reference to these ILO numbers in the details of the assessment for this module.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to:
Module-Specific Skills1. demonstrate detailed/comprehensive knowledge of the law relating to planning law and a substantial range of major concepts, values and principles relevant to its application;
2. demonstrate critical awareness of a wide range of social and contextual implications of the areas of planning law studied;
3. compare, analyse and synthesise the principal rules and theories relating to planning law;
4. identify, explain and critically evaluate key issues in planning law and apply relevant rules and theories;
Discipline-Specific Skills5. demonstrate detailed/comprehensive knowledge of legal concepts and their contextual, social and political implications;
6. select, integrate and present coherently and reflectively, relevant law and legal/theoretical arguments.
Personal and Key Skills7. communicate and engage in debate effectively and accurately, in a manner appropriate to the discipline/different contexts;
8. identify, retrieve and use efficiently a range of resources with minimum guidance; and
9. work independently and manage time efficiently in preparing for scheduled learning activities and assessments.