In this article we review the treatment of the environment in the current round of Regional Planning Guidance(RPG), focusing upon policies for biodiversity and water management. Although different regions address these issues in different ways, with regional development politics setting the...

This paper assesses the contribution of land-use planning to the objectives of local sustainable development in some of the UK's most urbanized areas. Sustainable development provides the context within which local planning policies are now being prepared, and can be seen to be a potentially...

A survey of eight unitary development plans (UDPs) in metropolitan district authorities outside London is reviewed. The survey sought to assess the policy content of each UDP for its contribution towards the goal of sustainable development. Within the present framework of local-national...

Location is of paramount importance within the retail sector, yet retail locational obsolescence remains an overlooked area despite significant concerns over the long term viability of parts of the retail sector. This paper explores the idea of retail locational obsolescence in depth and,...

This article looks at the emerging role of the regional chambers in England. Ostensibly acting as the first step towards elected regional government, these new partnerships have become an integral part of New Labour's pragmatic approach to English regionalisation. Providing a counterweight to...

Redevelopment and growth regimes are often eager to remove the physical remnants of post-war modernism. Largely unloved, and ofter out-of-step with current design principles, the 1950s/60s cityscape is fast disappearing as urban leaders seek to remodel and reimage the built environment. In some...