Planning Flashcards
What prompted the government’s first planning interventions?
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- city growth
- slums of industrial revolution
- bad health of residents
2 bullet points
City growth, slums from the industrial revolution and the bad health of residents prompted the government to do what?
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- create the first planning intervention
- improve the standard of social housing
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What were the **second **planning interventions used to do when introduced by the government?
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- Limit urban sprawl
- protect the countryside
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What were the third planning interventions used to do?
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- control land use
- control economic activity
6 points
List all reasons for the initial conception of planning in the UK
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- improve standard of social housing
- improve health of residents
- limit urban sprawl
- protect countryside
- control land use
- control economic activity
6 points
When was the Housing of the Working Classes Act enacted?
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1890
3 points
What did the Housing of the Working Classes Act aim to do?
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Plan the provision of housing including;
* where the houses were
* what the houses looked like
Why was the Housing of the Working Classes Act created?
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- Planning Provision
- dire living conditions
What influenced planning policy from 1899-1902?
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Boer War
How did the Boer War influence Planning Policy?
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men unfit to fight due to poor living conditions
When was the Town and Country Planning Act produced?
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1909
What did Parker and Unwin do
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Developed a guide for **low density, contextual Urban Design **
When was the Addison Act enacted?
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1919
3 bullet points
What was the purpose of the Addison Act?
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- to fund councils to build 500,000 homes in 3 years
- shifted the focus from high density housing to low density garden suburbs
- raise standards to control development of new housing
1 point
What type of housing was built both privately and publicly in 1919?
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Garden Suburbs
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What was a key issue of housing post WWII?
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shortage of housing for working class towns
1 bullet point
What did planning policy aim to do post WWII?
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provide affordable housing
1 bullet
What did the Labour Government Housing Act do in 1930?
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Encourage mass slum clearances
When was the RibbonDevelopment Act enacted?
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1935
1 point
What did the Ribbon Development Act aim to do?
control development along major roads
When was the Barlow Planning Report?
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1940
2 bullets
What was the prupose of the Barlow Planning Report in 1940?
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- identify issues of the pre-war planning system
- proposed dispersal of industry and population to aid congested areas
2 bullets
What was the purpose of the New Towns Act in 1946?
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- to relocate those in poor/bombed housing following WWII
- expanding towns to accomodate overspill from densely populated areas of deprivation
When was the New Towns Act Established?
1946
What did the Town and Country Planning Act do in 1947?
nationalised all development and land use
2 points
What did the Buchananan report of 1963 illustrate?
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- the environmental impact and recommended the restricted use of cars
- the ‘motorist first’ approach to planning
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What were the two key moves in planning between 1970 and 2012
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- growth of heritage and conservation legislation
- control vs free enterprise
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What are some key points contributing to planning changes from 1990-2008?
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- economic growth
- planing said to ‘restrict growth’
- austerity increases outsourcing from public to private sector