Learning Outcomes:
1. Critically appraise how spatial planning operates within the context of institutional and legal
frameworks;
2. Evaluate the impacts of international and EU law on planning law;
3. Critically reflect on the role that the courts and case law principles play in influencing
planning practice;
4. Debate the concept of rights and the legal and practical implications of representing these
rights in planning decision-making processes;
5. Critically reflect on the moral, ethical and legal obligations of elected representatives and
practitioners in planning practice.