As a University Senior Lecturer, the author has taught planning law in England and Malaysia to both postgraduate and undergraduate students in a variety of disciplines which require an understanding of the planning system. He is also involved in private practice as a planning and landscape consultant and has drawn heavily on his own experiences to provide a text that is up to date, practical and easily understood.
Awarded the Gold Award for Best Reference Work by the Chartered Institute of Building in 1999 for the first edition 'I have just finished reading your book Planning Law and Practice. I have found it an excellent read, it will definitely remain on my bookshelves as a work of reference and it has convinced me to seek your advice on a planning problem.' - J. A. McDonnell