The English Bill of Rights of 1689 was enacted by Parliament after the Glorious Revolution of 1688 had deposed James II and installed William and Mary. It limited the powers of the crown — barring the suspension of laws, taxation and a standing army without parliamentary consent — and affirmed the supremacy of Parliament along with certain rights of subjects. It anchored a constitutional monarchy in which the protection of property and law restrained royal authority.
It established the constitutional and property-rights framework within which later British building and planning legislation had to operate, since regulating land use meant qualifying long-protected private property rights.
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