Town and Country Planning articles from February 2001

Town and Country Planning archives from February 2001

A world of too many numbers.
February 1, 2001... As ever more unmeasurable aspects of life get inaccurately transformed into numerical indicators, we're in danger of forgetting what numbers can't do, says David Boyle It is now a quarter of a century since the TCPA -- in the person of its...

Modernising Local Government Finance -- the TCPA response.
February 1, 2001... The TCPA has responded to the Modernising Local Government Finance Green Paper by suggesting that consideration be given to two local government finance measures not included in the paper. The two options for changes in the rating system,...

Saying it with postcards.
February 1, 2001... Colin Ward on postcard depictions of the everyday backdrop to human interactions `How revealing a volume called Fascinating Postcards, would be... and it might be a useful guide to the Secretary of State for Nearly Everything' As a...

Heretical solution to Eddington's fix?
February 1, 2001... It may be time to begin to plan for a successor to Heathrow Airport, says Peter Hall Rod Eddington is in a fix. So would you be, if you were Rod Eddington. He's Chief Executive of British Airways (BA); he took over when Robert Ayling was...

Regeneration game.
February 1, 2001... Cliff Guy on high-profile, major-retailer involvement in urban regeneration In a previous article in this column,(1) I stated that Wal-Mart would find it hard to develop very large stores in Britain, in the style of its North American...

Rural is not another country.
February 1, 2001... David Lock on the forces of division that will draw encouragement from the Rural White Paper In last month's column I promised to open the big parcel marked `Rural White Paper' that arrived in time for Christmas. Gift-wrapped as Our...

A spatial vision for north-west Europe.
February 1, 2001... Planners from seven countries, working on transnational spatial development issues under the EU's INTERREG IIC initiative, have drawn up a discussion document proposing a long-term strategic planning framework or `spatial vision' for north-west...

Sustainable housing -- the legal context.
February 1, 2001... In the concluding part of his article on the legal context for building more sustainable new housing, Paul Winter looks at environmental assessment, planning obligations, and the Building Regulations Part II: Environmental assessment,...

Accommodating diversity.
February 1, 2001... John Deegan introduces the special section by looking at the need to pick up intra-regional variations through sub-regional planning At first sight it may seem odd that interest in sub-regional planning should be on the increase now, at a...

Milton Keynes -- maturing new town or regional adolescent?
February 1, 2001... The Milton Keynes sub-region has been promoted as a location for significant future growth, yet it sits uneasily near the boundaries of the new regional structures and institutions. If ever there were a challenge to make cross-boundary regional...

The Cambridge experience.
February 1, 2001... With buoyant growth in the economy of the Cambridge sub-region set to continue, we need to be specific about the locations for future development, and not rely on criteria-based policies as in the past, says Peter Studdert of Cambridge City...

Cambridge -- a farewell to past constraints.
February 1, 2001... Marcial Echenique looks at the allocation of new housing in the Cambridge sub-region Regional planning guidance intends to set the regional framework for development in the area considered. It is clearly vital for smaller areas within the...

The way it's done out West.
February 1, 2001... Diana Kershaw explains how the West of England Strategic Partnership provides a forum for decision-makers from the public, private, quango, and voluntary sectors to come together to debate issues and strike up strategic partnerships in the...

Seeking out the potential for development.
February 1, 2001... Looking back to the `classical' period of sub-regional planning in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Andrew Thorburn revisits the methods and achievements of the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire Sub-Regional Study In 1968 the...

Relationships and structures.
February 1, 2001... Urlan Wannop draws lessons from Coventry-Solihull-Warwickshire Study The Coventry-Solihull-Warwickshire (CSW) Study of 1968-1971 was one of the most significant cases to date of sub-regional planning coinciding with plan-making at regional...

Can communities think strategically?
February 1, 2001... Can the communities on whose behalf plans are made be successfully brought into deliberations at a strategic level? They can, says Eamon Mythen of the London Thames Gateway Forum, but they need proper support The Thames Gateway, sub-region...

So where next?
February 1, 2001... John Deegan looks at ways forward for sub-regional planning arrangements One of the more interesting consequences of the new regionalism for Warwickshire has been the political willingness -- pressure even -- for the County Council to work...

Policy integration -- from theory to practice.
February 1, 2001... In the second of two linked articles, Joan Bennett explains how the 11-step integration process proposed in the first article might be applied to a classic `crunch issue' -- namely meeting housing need while minimising adverse impacts on the...

What we can learn from the Third World.
February 1, 2001... David Boyle on the developing world's healthy tradition of social currencies Gonoshasthaya Kendra is a former field hospital from the Bangladeshi war of independence, deep in the countryside. Not the kind of thing you stumble upon...

What's Out.
February 1, 2001... Planning, local government, and society * Power to Promote or Improve Economic, Social or Environmental Well-Being. Draft Guidance to Local Authorities. DETR. Available from DETR Free Literature. Tel. 0870 122 6236. Jan. 2001, free *...

Cities for Children: Children's Rights, Poverty and Urban Management.
February 1, 2001... Cities for Children: Children's Rights, Poverty and Urban Management By S. Bartlett et al. Earthscan Publications/Unicef, London, 1999, 30pp., 18.95 [pounds sterling] These two books have the interests of children in cities and the role of...

Street Reclaiming: Creating Liveable Streets and Vibrant Communities.
February 1, 2001... Street Reclaiming: Creating Liveable Streets and Vibrant Communities By David Engwicht New Society Publishers (distributed in the UK by Jon Carpenter, Alder House, Market Street, Charlbury OX7 3PH. Tel. 01689 870437) 1999, 207pp., 14.95 [pounds...

CONNECTIONS.
February 1, 2001... Paul Burall on energy-efficient housing, climate change, and design and the Human Rights Act Hot air Challenged over the poor energy performance of new homes compared with those built in other northern European countries, housebuilders...

BACK LOG.
February 1, 2001... Fifty years ago Mobility in the countryside is now tremendous. Farmers and workers, together with their wives and children, cover long distances in connection with their work, shopping, social life, and schooling. Products move almost...