ABSTRACT
The planning system in the England and Wales is, in essence, the process of regulating the use of land and buildings by statutory intervention. It is the means by which the conflicting interests involved in the management, control and regulation of land use, and social, environmental and economic development, can be reconciled. Planning control is to be contrasted with the system of real property private rights acquired by persons over the land of others, such as easements or restrictive covenants.
