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The term 'town planning' first appeared in 1906 and was first used in British legislation in 1909. [1]: 1 The roots of the UK town and country planning system as it emerged in the immediate post-war years lay in concerns developed over the previous half century in response to industrialisation and urbanisation.
The Housing, Town Planning, etc. Act 1909 (9 Edw. 7.c. 44) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which prevented the building of "back-to-back" houses.The act also meant local authorities must introduce systems of town planning and meant homes had to be built to certain legal standards.
Following the Housing, Town Planning, etc. Act 1909, surveyors, civil engineers, architects, lawyers and others began working together within local government in the UK to draw up schemes for the development of land. The idea of town planning as a new and distinctive area of expertise began to be formed.
In 1910, Thomas Adams was appointed as the first Town Planning Inspector at the Local Government Board, and began meeting with practitioners. The Town Planning Institute was established in 1914 with a mandate to advance the study of town-planning and civic design. [39] The first university course in America was established at Harvard University ...
Within the UK the occupier of any land or building will need title to that land or building (i.e. "ownership"), but will also need "planning title" or planning permission. Planning title was granted for all pre-existing uses and buildings by the Town and Country Planning Act 1947, which came into effect on 1 July 1948. Since that date any new ...
The Town and Country Planning Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6.c. 51) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom passed by the Labour government led by Clement Attlee.It came into effect on 1 July 1948, [1] and along with the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6.
The association was first called the Garden City Association, and then the Garden Cities and Town Planning Association, broadening its scope to promote town planning as well as garden cities. It is the first pressure group for planning and predates the formation of the Royal Town Planning Institute. Women played an active role in the TCPA.
Development Management (DM), formerly known as planning control, or development control, is the element of the United Kingdom's system of town and country planning through which local government or the Secretary of State, regulates land use and new building, i.e. development.