1st Edition

Urban Planning Under Thatcherism The Challenge of the Market

By Andy Thornley Copyright 1991
264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1991, Urban Planning Under Thatcherism links theory and practice to assess the changes to the planning system since 1979. It analyses the major trends by investigating the individual modifications in the legislation and the new initiatives which have introduced procedures to by-pass the normal system. Such changes are fundamental not only to the built environment but to... Read more

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

2. The Post-War Consensus and the Purpose of Planning

3. The Nature of Thatcherism

4. Re-Orienting the State

5. New Right Thinking; Planning Under Siege

6. Modifications to the Planning System: 1 Development Plans

7. Modifications to the Planning System: 2 Development Control

8. By-Passing the Planning System

9. Towards a Simplified Planning System

10. Conclusions: The Re-Orientation of the Planning System

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Andy Thornley