Dr Stephen McKay
BSc(Hons), MSc, DipTP, PGCHET, DPhil, MIPI, MRTPI, MHA

 

Senior lecturer

School of Environmental Planning
Level 3 - David Keir Building
Stranmillis Road
Belfast
BT9 5AG

Tel: +442890 974244
FAX: +442890 687652
E-Mail: S.McKay@qub.ac.uk

  

Honorary titles

Professor at the East China Institute of Technology

 

Institute and professional memberships and appointments

Royal Town Planning Institute

Royal Town Planning Institute Executive Committee (Irish Branch) (8 years)

Expert adviser to the UK Countryside Committee (8 years)

Higher Education Academy

Royal Town Planning Institute UK Environmental Education Committee

Irish Planning Institute

Environmental and Planning Law Association

Research Associate of the Institute of Irish Studies

 

Background

Stephen has been a lecturer in the School since 1998. He previously worked as a research assistant at the University of Ulster and as a planner for the Planning Service where he obtained experience in forward planning, development control and planning enforcement. As a member of both the RTPI and IPI he has sat on local and national panels and has been expert adviser to the RTPI Countryside Panel. Stephen was given the RTPI Seedcorn Research Award in 1999 and is a Research Associate of the Institute of Irish Studies.  He was appointed as an honorary professor at the East China Institute of Technology in 2008.

 

Teaching

110EVP101 Introduction to Spatial Planning

110EVP104 Research Skills

110EVP211 Theory and Practice of Spatial Planning

110EVP812 Planning Skills and Ethics

210EVP818 Professional Practice in Environmental Planning

 

Administration

Examinations Officer

Member of the Research Committee

Member of the Teaching Committee

 

Research Interests

Research interests lie in the fields of planning law and planning practice and procedure. He is specifically interested in regulatory compliance and planning enforcement law. Other areas of interest include spatial planning, urban and rural development and contamination.

 

Current research projects

Spatial Planning and Networking (SPAN). This is a €4,600,000 project, funded by the European Union under Interreg IIIB and conducted with  partners in Ireland, France and Belgium.

 

 

Recent Publications

Murray, M. Mc Kay et al (2008 – pending) Rescaling  Territorial Development: The ‘Pays’ In France And Belgium, Accepted to European Planning Studies.

 

McKay, S (2007) Legislation and policy affecting agricultural development in the jurisdiction of Northern Ireland, Spatial Planning Analysis Network.

 

McKay, S (2007) Contravention and compliance, European Planning Studies, Vol.15, No.1 January.

 

McKay, S and McIntyre, J. (2007) Complexity and Conundrums in Pollution Control: improving effectiveness in regulatory compliance, Pleanail, Vol 17, pp.87-99.

 

Murtagh, B., Mc Kay, S. et al (2007) Planning, Heritage and the Memory of War.

 

McKay, S. (2006) An Evaluation of the Issues Approach to Plan Preparation, Spatial Planning Analysis Network.

 

McKay, S and Murray, M. (2006) Review of Public Administration in Northern Ireland: Reviewing the Evidence, Economic Outlook, Vol.21, No.1, pp.47-53.

 

McKay, S (2006) Contravention and compliance, European Planning Studies.

 

McKay, S (2005) Review of Public Administration in Northern Ireland, Spatial Planning Analysis Network.

 

McKay, S (2005) Partnership Governance in Northern Ireland, Spatial Planning Analysis Network.

 

McKay, S (2005) Reparation or Retribution, Environment and Planning 'A' Vol 37, pp.1249-1262.

 

McKay, S (2005) Analysis of the Local Agenda 21 Programme, Spatial Planning Analysis Network.

 

McKay, S (2005) Prizes and pitfalls in enforcement, Dublin, Ashgate.

 

McKay, S (2004) Analysis of the Community Regeneration Improvement Special Programme, Spatial Planning Analysis Network.

Murtagh, B. and McKay, S (2003) Evaluating the Social Effects of the EU Urban Community Initiative Programme, European Planning Studies, Vol 11, No. 2, pp.194-211, ISBN 0965-4313

McKay, S (2003) Planning Enforcement: Lessons for Practice and Procedure, Planning Theory & Practice, Vol. 5.

McKay, S (2003) Sheriffs and Outlaws: In Pursuit of Effectiveness across the Regulatory Spectrum, Town Planning Review.

McKay, S. (2003) Regeneration in Belfast, in Urban Regeneration in Europe, Couch, C., London, Blackwell Science.

McKay, S. The criminalisation of breaching planning control, Report to the Planning Service, 2002.

 McKay, S. Sustainability Appraisal in the EC. (2000) American, British and Canadien Studies, Vol.3, No.2 pp.69-84.

McKay, S & Ellis, G. City Management Profile (2000), Cities, Pergammon, Vol.17, No.1, pp.47-54.

 

McKay S. The relationships between planning theory and practice based on evidence obtained from the 1999 Omagh International Summer School, London School of Economics, International Planning Conference, March 2000.

McKay, S. Effective enforcement law, AESOP 2000 Congress, Brno, Czech Republic.

McKay, S. (2001) Environmental Appraisal in Northern Ireland - A Model for Sustainable Futures?, Pleanail, Irish Planning Institute, No.15, pp.1-19.

 

McKay, S. (2001) Review of the planning enforcement system, Belfast, The Planning Service.

 

McKay, S. Strategic Environmental Appraisal, Pleanail, Irish Planning Institute, No.14, pp.95-102.

 

McKay, S. (2001) Jewels in the Crown: regulatory control in Conservation Areas, Newcastle, UAHS.