Module manager: Paul Abbott
Email: p.abbott@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
SOEE5231M
This module is not approved as an Elective
The module examines multiple aspects of planning and regulation concerning the planning and delivery of large-scale development projects. The focus is on preparing students to work in the sustainability consultancy sector, offering support to developers, planning decision-makers and other stakeholders involved with planning approval and other statutory sustainability requirements.
The module objectives are to:
- Identify and analyse statutory controls: Students will develop skills in identifying and interpreting statutory controls relevant to environmental projects.
- Understand the evolving nature of controls: Students will develop an understanding of the dynamic nature of statutory controls and how they evolve over time.
- Analyse different types of control: Students will learn to analyse the interplay between various types of controls, including planning, health and safety, environmental, and fiscal.
- Understand governance interrelationships: Students will comprehend the interrelationships between local, regional, national, and international governance in environmental projects.
- Analyse statutory decision procedures: Students will gain knowledge of statutory decision-making procedures, particularly in planning and licensing processes.
- Understand legal proceedings: Students will develop an understanding of the nature of legal proceedings related to environmental projects.
On successful completion of the module, students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
LO1. Understand and analyse the environmental policy and regulation related to the planning system for projects that have significant environmental and social impacts
LO2. Apply relevant regulatory contexts in the UK and overseas to planning and assessment work associated with large-scale sustainable projects
LO3. Understand the appeals and the public enquiry system associated with planning applications
LO4. Apply the processes involved in assessing the environmental and social impact of sustainable projects
LO5. Analyse and evaluate relevant environmental regulations to the construction of a hypothetical large-scale energy generation infrastructure project
LO6. Evaluate a range of sustainability impact assessments as applied to the development of significant development projects and demonstrate this by researching and presenting findings in a team and presenting to an audience
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module, students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
SKLO1. Academic Skills (critical thinking, presentation, referencing, information searching)
SKLO2. Sustainability Skills (systems thinking, anticipatory/future thinking)
SKLO3. Enterprise Skills (planning and using resources, identifying opportunities; applying commercial, ethical, sustainable, digital and interdisciplinary literacies)
SKLO4. Work Ready Skills (communication, teamwork/collaboration).
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fieldwork | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Lecture | 12 | 2 | 24 |
| Seminar | 12 | 2 | 24 |
| Private study hours | 248 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 52 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 300 | ||
Students will have the opportunity to receive feedback about their work in at least two oral group presentations. Students will prepare the first one at the end of semester 1 and another in the middle of the second semester. Students will use the feedback to work on their individual reports and final group presentations, which will be assessed.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Coursework | 75 |
| Coursework | Group work / Oral assessment | 25 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
The resit for the group presentation will be an individual report that will include a reflective piece on the group project.
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 14/05/2025
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