ABSTRACT
This book has sought to analytically combine political ideology, multi-level government activity and planning practice as a distinctive contribution to research in the field of town and country planning. This has necessitated undertaking empirical research to assess practically the impact of changing government relationships. The analysis concentrated on central government and its national planning policy guidance on sub-national planning policy formulation since the introduction of the plan-led planning system by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991. Relationships between central government and local government, central government and regional governance, and central government and national policy agendas have been scrutinised, while discussing the evolving nature of both politics and governance and the planning system.
