Abstract
In this chapter, the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947 is analysed. It constituted the final, practical form of the urban reconstruction machinery after the end of the war. In addition, the reaction to the 1947 Act and the revision of the planning system by the Conservatives is also examined through the issue of the Planning Acts of 1951, 1954 and 1959. Nevertheless, the principal Act remained the 1947 Act, especially parts I–IV, which dealt with the making and amendment of development plans, the day-to-day control of development through the grant or refusal of planning permission for development, and the acquisition and disposal of land for planning purposes, were in force during the whole of the 1950s.
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The writer of Astragal column was Sir Hugh Casson from 1937 to 1939, continuously, from 1940 to 1944, occasionally, and from 1945 to 1951, continuously. The above information was provided by Sir Hugh Casson himself to the author in Athens on 5 October 1987 after a lecture at the National Technical University of Athens.
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By the term “betterment” was recognised that an increase in value of private property was due to the activities of society as a whole rather than the individual owner, who therefore could not be considered to have an exclusive right to it.
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Ernest Watkins was a frequent writer of legislative articles in A’J.
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Marmaras, E.V. (2015). The 1947 Planning Act and the Reaction to It. In: Planning London for the Post-War Era 1945-1960. Springer Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07647-8_8
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