Town and Country Planning articles from March 2001

Town and Country Planning archives from March 2001

South West RPG -- five out of ten, six out of ten?
March 1, 2001... Although some progress may have been made in the South West RPG process, the Secretary of State's Proposed Changes come as a disappointment, says TCPA Policy Council member and Vice-President David Hall The Secretary of State's Proposed...

Controlling the sequence of development -- a bridge too far.
March 1, 2001... The aim of releasing allocated housing land for development in a sequence that fits priorities set out in a development plan clearly deserves support, but the practicalities of putting this into practice suggest that it cannot be done in an...

When neophilia ruled.
March 1, 2001... Colin Ward on a planning history book that's more than a trip down `Memory Lane' * Planning The `City of Tomorrow'. British Reconstruction Planning: An Annotated Bibliography. By Peter J. Larkham and Keith D. Lilley. Inch's Books, 2001,...

The Co-operative advantage.
March 1, 2001... Martin Stott on an action plan to revitalise the co-operative movement * The Co-operative Advantage. Report of the Co-operative Commission, chaired by John Monks. Jan. 2001. The report can be viewed and downloaded at...

How smart is smart growth?
March 1, 2001... Peter Hall on `smart growth', the new American planning mantra In America right now, the new planning mantra is `smart growth'. Last January, to launch not merely the decade but the millennium, the American Planning Association's Planning...

Tapping the potential.
March 1, 2001... David Lock on flaws in urban capacity study theory The DETR does not believe local planning authorities when they say their existing urban areas are full up. Under PPG3: Housing (para. 24) it is now `an expectation' that each authority...

Blair's green conversion.
March 1, 2001... Tony Blair's recent speech on the environment appeared to mark a watershed in his attitude to `sustainable development', but, asks Roger Levett, will he now act on it? Blair's green conversion You wait three and a half years for a...

Back to basics in neiqhbourhoods.
March 1, 2001... Sandwell MBC Head of Regeneration Clive Dutton suggests some golden rules for use of the neighbourhood renewal Action Plan The New Commitment to Neighbourhood Renewal: National Strategy Action Plan is a most welcome -- and well overdue --...

Time for action.
March 1, 2001... In the final article in the series on building more sustainable new housing, Paul Burall looks forward to action to get the sustainable housing bandwagon rolling The publication of this series of articles on sustainable housing in T&CP...

Households and their houses -- new estimates for England and the regions.
March 1, 2001... Alan Holmans presents `unofficial' estimates of household formation in England up to 2016, drawn up using Office for National Statistics 1998-based national population projections -- as detailed in his recent report Housing Demand and Need in...

Regional planning guidance -- towards a stronger approach to the environment?
March 1, 2001... David Counsell and Garreth Bruff reflect on some of the recommendations made by recent public examination panels into regional planning guidance in England, and detect signs of a shift towards the views of the environment lobby on certain...

National parks for Scotland -- designations in sight.
March 1, 2001... Barbara Illsley, Greg Lloyd, and John McCarthy examine the most recent steps in the process of designating Scottish national parks Following the passage of the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000 through the Scottish Parliament, the process...

Cautious but significant.
March 1, 2001... Adrian Colwell looks the European Commission's proposals for a Sixth Environmental Action Programme On 24 January 2001 the European Commission adopted a proposal for a new environmental strategy that outlines the priorities for action on...

What's Out.
March 1, 2001... Planning, local government, and society * Consolidated Circulars 2000. Contains Circulars 1-8/2000. DETR. Stationery Office. Tel. 0870 600 5522. Jan. 2001, 35 [pounds sterling] * Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. Circular 2001/04....

Watching the volunteering charities carve up the world.
March 1, 2001... David Boyle on new-style volunteering In the preface to his play Major Barbara, George Bernard Shaw famously ridiculed anyone who scorned the idea of money. It was wonderful stuff, he said, deliberately goading any non-socialists out there...

Planninq amid crisis.
March 1, 2001... Mike Teitz on possible consequences of the California power crisis Planning has often thrived on crisis. Think of its burgeoning in times of war, or its expansion in the United States during the Great Depression. On the other hand, crisis...

Contraction and Convergence: The Global Solution to Climate Change.
March 1, 2001... Contraction and Convergence: The Global Solution to Climate Change By Aubrey Mayer Green Books on behalf of the Schumacher Society, 2000, ISBN 1 870098 94 3, PB, 96pp., 5 [pounds sterling] Available from Green Books Ltd, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6EB,...

BACK LOG.
March 1, 2001... Fifty years ago It must never be forgotten that the architectural profession was among the keenest supporters of the introduction of statutory town and country planning: the great RIBA Exhibition and Conference of 1910 was the outward sign...