Regional planning in England
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Regional planning in England
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]
History
Some elements of regional development and economic planning began to be established in England from the mid 1960s onwards.[2][3] In most of the standard regions, Economic Planning Councils and Boards were set up, comprising appointed members from local authorities, business, trade unions and universities, and in the early 1970s these produced a number of regional and sub-regional planning studies.[2] These institutions continued to operate until they were abolished by the incoming Conservative government in 1979. However, by the mid-1980s local authorities in most regions had jointly established standing conferences to consider regional planning issues. Regional initiatives were bolstered by the 1986 Government Green Paper and 1989 White Paper on The Future of Development Plans, which proposed the introduction of strong regional guidance within the planning system,[2] and by the Government's issuing of Strategic Guidance at a regional level, later termed Regional Planning Guidance (RPG), from 1986 onwards.[3]
In the eight English regions outside London, regional assemblies were formed in 1998, and were responsible for physical planning policy through Regional Spatial Strategies (RSS). From 1999, Regional Development Agencies co-ordinated initiatives to improve economic development. The assemblies were effectively replaced by smaller Local Authority Leaders’ Boards between 2008 and 2010, and formally abolished on 31 March 2010.[4]
In June 2010, the incoming Coalition Government announced its intentions to abolish regional spatial strategies and return spatial planning powers to local government.[5][6][7] In March 2011, the all-party Commons 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]
These changes did not affect the directly elected London Assembly, which was established by separate legislation as part of the Greater London Authority.
References
- ^ Glasson, J. & Marshall, T., Regional Planning, (2007)
- ^ a b c Paul N. Balchin and Luděk Sýkora, Regional Policy and Planning in Europe, Routledge, 1999, pp.89-100
- ^ a b Urlan Wannop, Regional Imperative: Regional Planning and Governance in Britain, Europe and the United States, Routledge, 2002, pp.8-30
- ^ eGov monitor - Planning transfer undermines democracy. 29 November 2007
- ^ "In Full: The projects axed or suspended by government". BBC News. 2010-06-17. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/politics/10341863.stm. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
- ^ "Scrapping regional bureaucracy will save millions - Newsroom - Department for Communities and Local Government". Communities.gov.uk. 2010-06-17. http://www.communities.gov.uk/newsstories/newsroom/1618027. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
- ^ "1 Horse Guards Road" (PDF). http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/press_13_10.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
- ^ MPs publish report on abolition of regional spatial planning strategies, www.parliament.uk, 17 March 2011
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