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GG5036: PLANNING, LAND & ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (2014-2015)

Last modified: 28 Jun 2018 10:27


Course Overview

The course provides a background to the role of the law in regulating the management and use of the countryside. As such there is an emphasis on planning law and the role of the planning system at national and local levels in terms of development management and development plans.  It also covers landscape and nature conservation, access legislation, community right to buy, EIA, tenancy agreements, agricultural holdings legislation, rent reviews and CPO powers.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session First Sub Session Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Mr John Carnie

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

None.

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course covers the following areas of law relevant to rural surveying and land management:

  • the institutional context and the preparation of development plans, planning law;

  • development management;

  • Public inquiries

  • Planning conditions and agreements;

  • Landscape and nature conservation and the protection of flora and fauna;

  • The ownership and transfer of land;

  • Contract and professional negligence;

  • Agricultural holdings legislation; 

  • The Land Reform Scotland Act and Environmental Impact Assessment

  • Compulsory Purchase Orders/ Compensation Claims

  • Professional Negligence and Rent Reviews

Further Information & Notes

None

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

60% exam and 40% continuous assessment (MLE – essay 3,000 words)

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.

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