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Town and country planning in the UK [electronic resource]

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Publication details: London Routledge 2006Edition: 14th edDescription: eBookISBN:
  • 0415358108
  • 9780203004258
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 711.4 $2 18
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Partial contents:
The nature of planning -- The evolution of town and country planning -- The agencies of planning -- The framework of plans -- The control of development -- Land policies -- Planning, the environment and sustainable development -- Heritage planning -- Planning and the countryside -- Urban policies and regeneration -- Transport planning -- Planning, the profession and the public
Summary: This eBook incorporates the major changes to planning introduced by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and government's mission to change the culture of planning. It provides a critical discussion of the system of planning - the institutions involved, the plans and other instruments that are used, the procedures for controlling development and land use change, and the mechanisms for implementing policy and proposals. It reviews current policy for sustainable development, housing and the Sustainable Communities Plan, the Barker Review, urban renewal and regeneration, the renaissance of city and town centres, the countryside, transport, and the heritage. Contemporary arrangements are explained with reference to their historical development, the influence of the European Union, the Labour government and changing social and economic demands for land use change.Summary: Supersedes 13th edition (ISBN 041521775X).
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The nature of planning -- The evolution of town and country planning -- The agencies of planning -- The framework of plans -- The control of development -- Land policies -- Planning, the environment and sustainable development -- Heritage planning -- Planning and the countryside -- Urban policies and regeneration -- Transport planning -- Planning, the profession and the public

This eBook incorporates the major changes to planning introduced by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and government's mission to change the culture of planning. It provides a critical discussion of the system of planning - the institutions involved, the plans and other instruments that are used, the procedures for controlling development and land use change, and the mechanisms for implementing policy and proposals. It reviews current policy for sustainable development, housing and the Sustainable Communities Plan, the Barker Review, urban renewal and regeneration, the renaissance of city and town centres, the countryside, transport, and the heritage. Contemporary arrangements are explained with reference to their historical development, the influence of the European Union, the Labour government and changing social and economic demands for land use change.

Supersedes 13th edition (ISBN 041521775X).