Local Plans in British Land Use Planning

List of TablesList of DiagramsIntroductionPart I 1. Land Policy, Land Use Planning and Development Plans Land Policy and Land Use Planning The Purposes of Government Intervention in Land and Development Policy Measures and Institutional Arrangements in the Land Policy Field 2. British Land Policy and Land Use Planning Land Policy in Britain Town and Country Planning, the "Revolutionary" Approach of 1947 The Main Changes in the 1947 Act Conception of Land Policy 1950-80 The Situation in 1980 The Effects of Land Use Policy 3. Structure Plans British Development Plans Structure Plans - The Concept Structure Plan Production Influences on the Scope and Content of Structure Plans 4. Local Plans Local Plans and Local planning The Evolution of Local Plans in Legislation and Administrative Interpretation How Many Local Plans Have Been PreparedPart II 5. Why Prepare a Local Plan The Purposes of Local Plans Why have Local Plans Actually Been Prepared Conclusions 6. Local Plan Production The Formal Procedures The Timescale of Plan Production Plan Preparation Plan Scrutiny Conclusions 7. Local Plans: Their Form and Content A Summary of Seven plans The Policy Intentions of Plans The Expression of Policies and Proposals The Implementation of Policies and Proposals Conclusions 8. Local Plans in Use Assessing the Impact of Local Plan Production and Use Local Plans and the Work of Local Planning Authorities Local Plans and Development Processes Private Sector Development Interests and Local Plans The Users and Consumers of the Physical Environment Local Plans and the Review of Administrative Discretion ConclusionsPart III 9. Towards Explanation Local Plans, Administrative Discretion and the Public Interest The State and Land Use pPanning Land, Its Use and Development in Contemporary Britain "Local" Planning and Modes of State Operation 10. Towards Reform Reforming the Planning System, Not Local Plans Changing Emphases in the Planning System, 1970-80 Directions for Change A Land Policy for Economic Revival? The Wider Relevance of the British Experience of Land PolicyAppendices 1. Structure Plan Functions and Content: Official Statements 2. List of Plans Referred to in the TextReferencesIndex