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Today I am trying to have an idea of what these concepts mean in a rough way, in the context of the built environment. I am sorry if this appears overwhelming-it does to me- but will try to curate a bit more all this information when I have a better understanding. Meanwhile lets enjoy the roughness of it :)



Building regulations: "are statutory instruments that seek to ensure that the policies set out in the relevant legislation are carried out. Building regulations approval is required for most building work in the UK. Building regulations that apply across England and Wales are set out in the Building Act 1984 while those that apply across Scotland are set out in the Building (Scotland) Act 2003.

The UK Government is responsible for the relevant legislation and administration in England, the Welsh Government is the responsible body in Wales, the Scottish Government is responsible for the issue in Scotland, and the Northern Ireland Executive has responsibility within its jurisdiction."-Wikipedia

"You usually need building regulations approval if you:

• put up a new building
• extend or alter an existing building
• install services or fittings in a building, eg washing and sanitary facilities, hot water cylinders, foul water and rainwater drainage, replacement windows and any fuel burning appliances

Building regulations approval is separate from planning permission"-Gov UK

"Very simply they are rules that try to ensure all new construction, conversions, alterations and extensions are built to a minimum standard and meet certain health, safety and welfare conditions."BCN Consultancy

Housing subsidy: "is government supported funding or financial assistance for its citizens to help provide or afford housing"-Wikipedia

"You could get Housing Benefit to help you pay your rent if you’re on a low income.

Housing Benefit can pay for part or all of your rent. How much you get depends on your income and circumstances.

You can apply for Housing Benefit whether you’re unemployed or working.

You may also be able to get help with your rent if your benefits stop.

Housing Benefit can’t be paid for heating, hot water, energy or food - if you need help, use the benefits adviser to see what else you might be entitled to."-Gov UK  

"If the aim is to produce more houses at affordable prices or rents, it's clearly not working. If the aim is to sustain the wealth of those lucky enough to be outright owners or to rent out their property, perhaps it is."-The Guardian

Planning policies: "[they form part of]The Framework sets out planning policies for England and how they are expected to be applied. It provides guidance for local planning authorities and decision-takers, both in drawing up plans and making decisions about planning applications."-Gov UK

"The government has simplified the planning system so councils have the freedom to make decisions in the best interests of their area. Councils and communities should be central to a system that achieves socially, environmentally and economically sustainable development."-Gov UK

In the UK They vary on a political scale:

"The London Plan (2011)

Sets out London-wide policies

Borough Wide Poilicies

Sets out the overall and detailed vision for development in the borough and strategic policies that will help us achieve it

Area Action Plans

Area Action Plans (AAP) can provide specific policies and further detail to shape development in certain parts of the borough. 

Supplementary Planning Documents

They can provide detailed technical guidance on particular areas or themes where this would help to deliver our strategic policies. 

The National Planning Policy Framework"(edited)-Southwark council 

Regulatory framework:

1. "A process of the promulgation, monitoring, and enforcement of rules, established by primary and/or delegated legislation.
2. A written instrument containing rules having the force of law.

Regulation creates, limits, constrains or right, creates or limits a duty, or allocates a responsibility. Regulation can take many forms like legal restrictions promulgated by a government authority."-Wikipedia

Zoning: "is a device of land-use planning used by local governments in most developed countries.[1][2][3] The word is derived from the practice of designating permitted uses of land based on mapped zones which separate one set of land uses from another.

Zoning may be use-based (regulating the uses to which land may be put, also called functional zoning), or it may regulate building height, lot coverage (density), and similar characteristics, or some combination of these."-Wikipedia

Land use:"Land use is the human use of land. Land use involves the management and modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as settlements and semi-natural habitats such as arable fields, pastures, and managed woods. It also has been defined as "the arrangements, activities and inputs people undertake in a certain land cover type to produce, change or maintain it" (FAO, 1997a; FAO/UNEP, 1999).[1]"-Wikipedia



Ownership:"Land tenure is the name given, particularly in common law systems, to the legal regime in which land is owned by an individual, who is said to "hold" the land (the French verb "tenir" means "to hold"; "tenant" is the present participle of "tenir")."-Wikipedia

Jurisdiction:"Jurisdiction is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to a political leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility. The term is also used to denote the geographical area or subject-matter to which such authority applies. Areas of jurisdiction apply to local, state, and federal levels.
Jurisdiction draws its substance from public international law, conflict of laws, constitutional law and the powers of the executive and legislative branches of government to allocate resources to best serve the needs of its native society."-Wikipedia

Property:"In abstract, property is that which is had by or belongs to/with something, whether as an attribute or a component. For the significant context of this article, property is one or more components (rather than attributes), whether physical or incorporeal, of a person's estate; or so belonging to, as in being owned by, a person or jointly a group of people or a legal entity like a corporation or even a society. (Given such meaning, the word property is uncountable, and as such, is not described with an indefinite article or as plural.) Depending on the nature of the property, an owner of property has the right to consume, alter, share, redefine, rent, mortgage, pawn, sell, exchange, transfer, give away or destroy it, or to exclude others from doing these things,[1][2][3] as well as perhaps to abandon it; whereas regardless of the nature of the property, the owner thereof has the right to properly use it (as a durable, mean or factor, or whatever), or at the very least exclusively keep it."-Wikipedia