This thirteenth edition has been completely revised to take into account the many changes to the planning system and policies introduced by the Labour government. The devolution of Scotland and Wales, the new instruments of regional and strategic planning, new area based urban policy initiatives, innovation in planning for sustainable development and the rapidly expanding role of the European Union in spatial planning and environmental policy are all given comprehensive treatment in the new edition.
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THE DEFINITION OF DEVELOPMENT In brief, development is 'the carrying out of building, engineering, mining or other operations in, on, over or under land, or the making of any material change in the use of any buildings or other land - Page 121
future generations to meet their own needs. It contains within it two key concepts: • the concept of'needs', in particular the essential needs of the world's poor, to which overriding priority should be given; • the idea of limitations imposed by the state of technology and social organisation on the environment's ability to meet present and future needs. - Page 197
distribution in the future; to consider what social, economic or strategic disadvantages arise from the concentration of industries or of the industrial population in large towns or in particular areas of the country; and to report what remedial measures if any should be taken in the national interest. These very wide terms of reference - Page 18
Commission: to make an inventory of the Ancient and Historical Monuments and constructions connected with or illustrative of the contemporary culture, civilisation and conditions of life of the people of England, from the earliest times to the year 1700 and - Page 231
The terms of reference of the Commission were: to inquire into the causes which have influenced the present geographical distribution of the industrial population of Great Britain and the probable direction of any change in the distribution in the future; to consider what social, economic or - Page 18
to secure that the right land is available at the right time for the implementation of national, regional and local plans', and 'to secure that a substantial part of the development value created by the community returns to the community and that the burden of the cost of land for essential purposes is reduced - Page 163
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, the Republic of Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Thirteen more - Page 35
schemes with the general object of 'securing proper sanitary conditions, amenity and convenience', but only for land which was being developed or appeared likely to be developed. Strangely, it was not at all clear what town planning involved. It certainly did not include 'the remodelling of the existing town, the replanning of badly planned areas, the driving of new roads through old parts of a - Page 15
Quite distinct from these powers is the much wider power to make a discontinuance order. This power is expressed in extremely wide language: an order can be made 'if it appears to a local planning authority that it is expedient in the interests of the proper planning of their area (including the interests of amenity)'. Again - Page 142
Funds are the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF), the Guidance section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), and the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG). Objective 1 - Page 116
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+ By J. B. Cullingworth, Vincent Nadin
+ Published 2001 Routledge
+ 481 pages
+ ISBN 041521775X