Planning and Environmental Protection A Review of Law and Policy

by Miller, Chris

• ISBN13: 9781841131818
• ISBN10: 1841131814
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Hart Publishing

Summary

This collection of essays examines the roles which land use planning can play in the protection of the environment. The subjects covered range from traditional concerns like pollution,nuisance and contaminated land to biodiversity and the pursuit of sustainable development, which forms the defining element of current environmental policy across the European Community and in most other developed economies. Environmental assessment is discussed, along with the succession of public law actions (Twyford Down included) by environmental activists which were necessary to convince the English courts of the full implications (and the 'direct effect') of the EC Directive 85/337. The later chapters become progressively more concerned with the planning system as the forum of negotiation and more participatory approaches (as distinct from fiscal instruments and command and control regulation) to encouraging sustainability. The contributors represent a variety of academic disciplines (law, geography, planning, environmental management) offering complementary insights into the planner's role in allocating land uses so as to minimise waste generation and energy consumption as well as maximising local amenity.

Author Biography

Chris Miller is a Senior Lecturer in Environmenal Management at the University of Salford.

Table of Contents

Contributors	xiii
List of Boxes	xvii
Table of Cases	xix
Table of Legislation	xxiii
The Environmental Roles of Town and Country Planning
Chris Miller
Introduction	1	(3)
The Structure of this book	4	(4)
Planning, conflict and the role of the courts	8	(9)
Summary	17	(2)
Town and Country Planning and Water Quality Planning
William Howarth
Objectives and approach	19	(1)
Axioms of town and country planning law	20	(7)
Axioms (the same ones) of water quality planning	27	(12)
The Environment Agency and the town and country planning system	39	(1)
Town and country planning and sewage treatment works	40	(2)
Overlap and separation	42	(3)
Conclusion	45	(2)
Planning and Air Pollution
Chris Miller
Introduction	47	(5)
Waste incineration	52	(7)
Local authority pollution control	59	(2)
Local air quality management	61	(1)
Planning, transport and air pollution	62	(4)
Discussion	66	(3)
Risk, Land Use Planning and Major Accident Hazards
Gordon Walker
Introduction	69	(2)
The land use planning role: policy and practice	71	(6)
Stakeholders, risks and planning intervention	77	(8)
Beyond statutory intervention	85	(3)
Conclusion	88	(3)
Planning and Nature Conservation: Law in the Service of Biodiversity?
Christopher Rodgers
The theoretical basis of nature conservation law	91	(2)
Sites of Special Scientific Interest	93	(7)
The impact of EC Environmental law	100	(5)
Managing European sites for Nature Conservation	105	(9)
Conclusion	114	(3)
Derelict and Despoiled Land-Problems and Potential
John Handley
Stating the problem	117	(4)
The origins and changing nature of derelict land	121	(6)
Derelict land prevention and the planning system	127	(5)
Land reclamation to `hard' end-use	132	(4)
Land reclamation to `soft' end-use	136	(2)
The potential for community involvement	138	(2)
Contaminated land-a special case?	140	(3)
Towards a strategic approach	143	(2)
Conclusion	145	(6)
Environmental Assessment
Christopher Wood
Introduction	151	(1)
EA in Britain: an overview	152	(5)
Evaluation of the EIA system	157	(12)
Conclusions	169	(4)
Planning for Sustainable Waste Management
Judith Petts
Introduction	173	(1)
Environmental impacts and pressures	174	(1)
National sustainable waste management policy	174	(5)
What role for land-use planning?	179	(4)
Strategic planning	183	(3)
Siting waste facilities	186	(4)
Public involvement	190	(6)
Conclusions	196	(1)
Reconnecting Networks and Buildings: the Development Process and the Reshaping of Water, Energy and Transport Demands
Simon Marvin
Simon Guy
Introduction	197	(1)
Conventional approach to infrastructure provision	198	(2)
A new logic of infrastructure provision	200	(4)
Emerging logics: case studies	204	(7)
Rethinking the development process	211	(2)
Conclusions	213	(2)
The Environment and the Regions: a New Agenda for Regional Development
David Gibbs
Introduction	215	(2)
Regional planning and sustainable development	217	(2)
Regional development agencies and sustainable development	219	(8)
Conclusions	227	(4)
Postscript	231	(6)
Chris Miller
Bibliography	237	(18)
Index	255