2nd Edition

Planning Law and Practice in Northern Ireland

Edited By Stephen McKay, Michael Murray Copyright 2023
474 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

474 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

474 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Each of the jurisdictions within the United Kingdom is constantly refining the operational characteristics of its planning system and while there are some common practices, there are also substantive divergences. In each territory the planning template is shaped within a dynamic political and legal context and thus students and practitioners require an accessible, in-depth and up-to-date... Read more

1 The evolving Northern Ireland planning system

Stephen McKay and Michael Murray

2 Development, planning applications and their determination

Stephen McKay and Michael Murray

3 Amenity and special forms of development management

Stephen McKay and Michael Murray

4 Continuity and change in development plans

Stephen McKay

5 The evolution and application of planning enforcement

Jane McKay and Stephen McKay

6 Developer contributions and 'planning agreements' in Northern Ireland

Thomas Murphy, John McCord and Michael McCord

7 Judicial review in the planning arena

Stephen McKay and Michael Murray

8 Environmental law in Northern Ireland

Brian Jack

9 Environmental health, environmental protection and their relationship with spatial planning

Sean MacIntyre

10 Environmental impact assessment and development management

Neil Galway and Stephen McKay

11 Planning and renewable energy

Stephen McKay and Michael Murray

12 Planning and placemaking

Mura Quigley

13 Marine spatial planning for Northern Ireland: from fragmentation towards integration

Heather Ritchie, Joseph Onwona Ansong and Wesley Flannery

14 Cross-border spatial planning on the island of Ireland

Gavan Rafferty

15 Equality law, good relations and planning

Diane O'Neill and Brendan Murtagh

16 Property law and planning in Northern Ireland

John McCord, Thomas Murphy and Peadar Davis

17 Liquor licensing law and planning in Northern Ireland

Michael Murray

18 Planning and professional practice

Gary McGhee, William Orbinson QC, Stephen McKay and Michael Murray

Biography

Stephen McKay is Reader in Planning Law and Practice and was Head of Planning at Queen’s University Belfast. He is a Chartered Town Planner. He was Co-Director of the 2021 award winning UK Knowledge Transfer Project VU City that has created an interactive 3D digital model to help inform development management decision making.

Michael Murray, prior to retirement, was Reader in Spatial Planning at Queen’s University Belfast and where, as Honorary Associate, he continues his writing on international planning, rural development and planning law. His recent scholarship includes The Camino de Santiago: Curating the Pilgrimage as Heritage and Tourism published by Berghahn Books in 2021.