Despite repeated attempts in recent years to simplify the planning system, planning law has continued to be so complex that practitioners and students alike have found it difficult to disentangle the complicated issues and principles involved. A Practical Approach to Planning Law is a clearly-written and accessible book which aims to remove the mystery the planning law has for many people. This new edition has been fully updated to provide coverage of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 as well as considering many of the more important cases over the last two years.