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Solving the development planning puzzle in Britain: Learning lessons from history

Solving the development planning puzzle in Britain: Learning lessons from history . Poxon, J. Solving the development planning puzzle in Britain: Learning lessons from history . Planning Prespectives, 15(2000), 73-89. Intorduction. In Britain, the planning schemes was intorduced in 1909.

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Solving the development planning puzzle in Britain: Learning lessons from history

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  1. Solving the development planning puzzle in Britain:Learning lessons from history Poxon, J. Solving the development planning puzzle in Britain: Learning lessons from history. Planning Prespectives, 15(2000), 73-89. Planning Legislation – Prof. H. Alshuwaikhat

  2. Intorduction • In Britain, the planning schemes was intorduced in 1909. • Development plans have lain at the heart of the British planning system. • In 1990, the relationship between planning and developemnt plans was reinforced with legislative changes introducing and explicitly plan-led system of control. • The concerns are about purpose, preparation, product and implementation of development plans • You can not separate the planning system from its socio-economic and regulatory context ---- the role of state intervention since the 1990s. Planning Legislation – Prof. H. Alshuwaikhat

  3. Plans in the early 1900s- a mark of human progress • 1909 – Housing, Town Planning Act, etc. :comprehensive plan to secure the most efficient and effective use of land • 1919 administrative procedure were simplified – local authorities with population over 20000 were obliged to prepare planning schemes in three years • 1932 Town and country planning Act – zoning plans – permission to proceed whilst schemes under preparation • Greater London Plan of 1944 –”survey, analysis, plan” • 1947: The legislation had set up schemes more as regulatory devices “positive planning” practice : local authorities, chamber of commerce and authorized undertakings (electricity, railways, ..) – “ordered growth” Planning Legislation – Prof. H. Alshuwaikhat

  4. The 1947 development plan system • 1947: The legislation had set up schemes more as regulatory devices “positive and flexible planning” practice : local authorities, chamber of commerce and authorized undertakings (electricity, railways, ..) – “ordered growth” • Follow the “survey, analysis, plan” approach with plans to be reviewed every five years. • The system of development control continued with an assumption that decisions would be made in line with development plan as the element of discretion in the decision-making process would be minimal • The plans are “blueprints; which set out “desired end states” • It was hoped that development plans would be forward-looking, positive instruments, as opposed to inflexible barriers to change. Planning Legislation – Prof. H. Alshuwaikhat

  5. The 1960s new-style development plans • 1950s it is clear that plans were based on inaccurate forecasts of population and traffic growth – the plans were outdated • ‘Positive planning’ did not materialized • 1964 The planning Advisory Group (PAG) was set up to suggest change to development plan • PAG was critical of: excessive details (zoning plans); loss of sense of positive planning; outdated techniques, lack of response to social and economic changes; less urban design details and excessive central control of the system • PAG proposed splitting the preparation of development plans into two levels: 1- strategic and general (Minister) 2- locally produced to provide the detailed guidance for development control • Radical review of planning system: border in scope; links to other elements of the system; adaptable to the rapid changes in society • A deliberate move away from the markedly centralized structure of the British town planning system Planning Legislation – Prof. H. Alshuwaikhat

  6. Radical review of planning system: border in scope; links to other elements of the system; adaptable to the rapid changes in society • A deliberate move away from the markedly centralized structure of the British town planning system • 1968 Town and Country Planning Act: two-tier system- structure plans and a local plans • The plan was to be seen as a store of policy principles and criteria, goals and objectives, intended to guide but not determine regulatory decisions. • From a survey-analysis-plan to a systems approach: goal formulation-modeling of possible actions-evaluating alternatives-implementation followed by monitoring • Era of mathematical modeling, computer-based forecasts and public involvement • The legislative change of the 1960s permitted a more flexile approach with emphasis on procedures rather than the content of plan policies Planning Legislation – Prof. H. Alshuwaikhat

  7. The 1970s development planning framework Planning Legislation – Prof. H. Alshuwaikhat

  8. Planning Legislation – Prof. H. Alshuwaikhat

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