Town and Country Planning articles from April 2002

Town and Country Planning archives from April 2002

Self-help at Walberswick. (People & Ideas).
April 1, 2002... It was 23 years ago, when this journal had changed its format, that at a committee meeting Professor Peter Self raised the need for a column making idiosyncratic comments from outside the worlds both of planning committees and their...

What lies beneath--and what could be above. (Planning World).
April 1, 2002... By the time you read this, you may have heard of Bishopsgate Goodsyard. You may even think you've heard a lot too much about it. A steady stream of articles threatens to come your way, in the national and local press. Why all the fuss, about a...

The new towns--their problems and future. (Off the Fence).
April 1, 2002... Many readers of this journal have an abiding interest in the British new towns, and regret the absence of the comparative data sets on new town development and progress which were published in these pages until the final cull of the development...

Planning: Delivering a Fundamental Change--the TCPA's response; in response to the consultation on the Planning Green Paper, Planning: Delivering a Fundamental Change, the TCPA submitted supporting text to the consultation questionnaire. This article draws on the TCPA's supporting text. (feature).
April 1, 2002... The TCPA welcomes the analysis offered by the Green Paper of a planning system which has become too slow, socially exclusive, and in need of reform. The TCPA has also called for reform of the planning system to address delay and disillusionment...

Reforming Planning Obligations: Delivering a Fundamental Change--the TCPA's response; in response to the Reforming Planning Obligations: Delivering a Fundamental Change consultation paper, the TCPA submitted supporting text to the questionnaire. This article draws on the TCPA's supporting text. (feature).
April 1, 2002... Throughout its existence, the TCPA has campaigned for the principle that the increase in land value generated by the community's need for development--an `unearned increment' in land value--should be taken by the community. This was the `master...

Delivering affordable housing through the planning system--tracking the efficiency of current practice; drawing on the findings of recent research, Kerry Smith looks at some of the problems arising from the current methods of providing affordable housing through the planning system and considers the possible impact of the recent consultation document on Planning Obligations. (feature).
April 1, 2002... A shortage of government funds for the provision of social housing through traditional mechanisms means that delivering affordable housing through the planning system by securing contributions from private developers is increasingly important....

Accommodating change.
April 1, 2002... planning for tomorrow's countryside in the North East; Dominic Watkins, Bob Chambers, and Richard Kerven explain how the `character approach' to land use planning being promoted by the Countryside Agency aims to help ensure that necessary...

Polycentricity--modelling or determining reality? Simin Davoudi looks at what the widely toted notion of polycentricity actually means and how it is interpreted in the European Spatial Development Perspective. (feature).
April 1, 2002... The notion of polycentricity is not new: indeed, variations on the concept can be traced back in the urban literature of the early 20th century. What is new is its growing popularity among urban planners and policy-makers in Europe. ...

In the lap of the local authorities: Peter Jones, Peter Shears, and David Hillier look at the emergence and spread of lap-dancing clubs in the UK and examine some of the issues they are raising for local authorities. (feature).
April 1, 2002... The sex industry is big business, and within the UK a multitude of companies market a vast array of goods and services designed to whet and satisfy society's sexual appetites through an array of distribution channels. While the consumption of...

Going through the motions? Transparency and participation in English regional planning; Graham Haughton and David Counsell outline the findings of a study into transparency and participation in the current round of regional planning guidance preparation. (feature).
April 1, 2002... In response to criticisms of the previous system, one of the key changes introduced in the post-1997 revisions to regional planning guidance (RPG) preparation was a strengthening of consultation procedures, as part of a broader intention to...

Education education, education--indispensable, international, and inspirational. (The Euro-Files).
April 1, 2002... In September 2002, the Bartlett School of Planning at University College London will launch a new one-year Masters programme in European Spatial Planning. We are attracting significant interest and applicants from many European and non-European...