Aimed not only at architects and developers, this fully updated new edition of this popular "RIBA Good Practice Guide" offers concise and accessible practical guidance to the many other construction professionals, private individuals and interest groups who struggle to find their way around the complex and expanding planning maze in England and Wales. It explains how to deal effectively with - and avoid the pitfalls of - the recently revised plan-making regime and the planning application process, and how to keep abreast with further expected changes in planning law and practice.