Spatial planning in England

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In England, spatial planning is undertaken at the national level, through the National Planning Policy Framework. The London region is the only one to have a statutory London Plan. Most planning functions are exercised by local authorities, with neighbourhood planning also taking place in some areas.

National planning

Since March 2012 there has been a consolidated National Planning Policy Framework.

Regional planning

Regional planning in England was undertaken for each of the nine regions. Although some coordination of central and local government activities existed from the 1960s onwards, it only had a statutory basis between the 1990s and 2010.[1]

Recognisable cases of regional planning emerged in England during the 1920s as urban growth increasingly overrode boundaries of local authorities, which in several cases found cause to cooperate over common planning issues. In the later stages of the Second World War the government fostered significant plans for Greater London and the West Midlands in particular, preparing for post-war reconstruction. More significant elements of regional development and economic planning began to be established in England from the mid-1960s onwards.

Regional Planning Guidance (RPG), from 1986 onwards.[3]

In the eight English regions outside London,

Local Authority Leaders’ Boards between 2008 and 2010, and formally abolished on 31 March 2010.[4]

In June 2010, the incoming

Communities and Local Government Committee published its report on the implications of the abolition of the RSS system. It stated that: "The intended abolition of regional spatial planning strategies leaves a vacuum at the heart of the English planning system which could have profound social, economic and environmental consequences set to last for many years."[8]

London Plan

Since 2000 the Mayor of London is required to produce a London Plan that is published by the Greater London Authority.

See also

References

  1. ^ Glasson, J. & Marshall, T., Regional Planning, (2007)
  2. ^ a b c Paul N. Balchin and Luděk Sýkora, Regional Policy and Planning in Europe, Routledge, 1999, pp.89-100
  3. ^ a b Urlan Wannop, Regional Imperative: Regional Planning and Governance in Britain, Europe and the United States, Routledge, 2002, pp.8-30
  4. ^ eGov monitor - Planning transfer undermines democracy Archived 2008-02-19 at the Wayback Machine. 29 November 2007
  5. ^ "In Full: The projects axed or suspended by government". BBC News. 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
  6. ^ "Scrapping regional bureaucracy will save millions - Newsroom - Department for Communities and Local Government". Communities.gov.uk. 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
  7. ^ "1 Horse Guards Road" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
  8. ^ MPs publish report on abolition of regional spatial planning strategies, www.parliament.uk, 17 March 2011
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