ABSTRACT
Unlike Enterprise Zones, Simplified Planning Zones have not benefited from much academic interest or research. Most of the work has been speculative
(Lloyd 1987; Rowan-Robinson and Lloyd 1986) or derived from comparisons with Enterprise Zones (Job 1984; Thornley 1993). Recent work by CameronBlackhall (1993) has briefly reviewed the concept and take up of SPZs and postulates on the experience so far. Apart from Department of the Environment sponsored research by Ove Arup on the adoption procedures following criticism that they were too lengthy (DoE 1991b) there is little empirical work. Most of what is known about SPZs comes from monitoring reports published by the individual zone authorities.
