'The exception to the rule’: exploring the exception and the exceptional in planning policy

Harris, Neil ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4087-1698 2021. 'The exception to the rule’: exploring the exception and the exceptional in planning policy. Town Planning Review 92 (5) , pp. 517-536. 10.3828/tpr.2021.17

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Abstract

This article explores exceptions to planning ‘rules’ as a specific form of discretion exercised by planners and decision makers. Theoretical and conceptual ideas on rules and exceptions to rules, drawing principally on administrative and political decision making, are used to examine the role of exceptions and exceptional circumstances in planning. This analysis addresses the interdependency between exceptions and ‘rules’, the circumstances in which planning decision makers are invited to consider exceptions to rules or exceptional circumstances, and the distinct forms of planning regulation created using exceptions. The conclusions call for systematic analysis of the role that exceptions play in different contexts and planning systems.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Geography and Planning (GEOPL)
Publisher:	Liverpool University Press
ISSN:	0041-0020
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	8 December 2020
Date of Acceptance:	10 November 2020
Last Modified:	06 Nov 2023 20:13
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/136877

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