The Law Relating to Town and Country Planning
| Date | 01 March 1947 |
| Published date | 01 March 1947 |
| Author | Ivor Jennings.,J. R. Howard Roberts. |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.1947.tb01969.x |
Reviews
The
Law Relating
to
Town
and
Country
Planning
By
IVOR
JENNINGS.
(Charles
THIS
&tion of Dr. Jennings’ book deals comprehensively with the present law
relating to town and country planning, and includes as
an
appendix the Restric-
iion
of Ribbon Development
Act,
1935, in view, as is pointed out in the preface,
of its close association with planning:. The new edition is required because, as
the author points out, the conception of physical planning has changed consider-
ably; a new Minister of
the
Crown has been appointed specially charged with
these functions; and important 1egisl.ative changes. to give practical effect
to
the
new conception have already taken place
in
the last three years.
As the author recognises, a work on this subject written at the present the
cannot, in view
of
the
rapid changes in legislation, be up to date.
Certain
Rules
and Orders mentioned in the preface were issued
toc
late for inclusion; since
the
publication
of
the book the New Towns Act has been
passed
into
law;
an
amending Interim Development Order has been made bringing the working
of
minerals under much fuller control; changes in the procedure for the acquisi-
tion of land have
been
made by the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure)
Act,
1946; and further legislation is in contemplation which will make funda-
mend changes in the planning system under the present statutes. Nevertheless
the book, written from
the
point of view of the administrator, should be, as the
writer hopes, useful to those
at
present engaged in the active work
of
town
planning. The arrangement of the subject-matter in a text book dealing
with
so
complicated a range of statutory provisions is of particular importance, and
the arrangement adopted in this work is convenient. Part
I
deals generally
with
the history
of
planning legislation, and gives,
so
to speak, a bird’s-eye view of
the whole range of statutory provisions (at the time of preparation
of
the
work)
relating to town and country planning, including the Licensing Planning (Tem-
porary Provisions) Act, 1945, and the Town and Country Planning Act, 1944,
which contains important provisions for the redevelopment of blitzed and
blighted areas. Following on
this
informative exposition
of
the general range
of planning legislation, Part I1 contains the provisions of the statutes themselves,
with
full
and useful annotations. The writer rightly takes the view that in the
post-war period the control of interim development is
second
only
in
importance
to ‘the reconstruction of wardamaged areas, and all reievant provisions relating
to this matter are brought together in Part 111. The course taken in
this
respect
should add greatly to the value of the book to all those at present engaged
on
planning work. The useful practice is adopted of setting out appeal decisions
illustrating questions of principle. These are mainly decisions given by the
Minister of Health, and unfortunately do not make reference
to
certain decisions
of
the Minister
of
Town and Counuy Planning which reflect the rather changed
outlook on planning, since these have not been published
in
an annual report or
otherwise. Questions
of
procedure are dealt with separately in Part IV of the
volume, and
this
separation
slso
assists the study of
a
complicated subject.
It
can only be
a
matter for regret that, owing to forthcoming legislative
changes, early and radical revision
is
likely
to
be
necessary, despite the thought
and care which have been given
to
the present edition.
Second Editictn by J. R.
HOWARD
ROBERTS.
Knight
&
Co.,
Ltd.) 45s.
E.
S.
HILL.
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