ABSTRACT

The link between the provision of adequate housing conditions and the right of local authorities to impose bylaw standards was further developed by Part I of the Housing, Town Planning etc Act 1909 which dealt with ‘Housing of the Working Classes’, and Part II which related to ‘Town Planning’ and granted powers (s 54) to local authorities to make a town planning scheme:

A town planning scheme afforded an opportunity for greater flexibility than could be achieved by bylaws, and it could determine the number of buildings on a site, and the space around them, and also control their appearance. A scheme also allowed the definition of zones in which only certain types of buildings would be permitted. The use of ‘zoning’ has remained a popular means of planning in many parts of the world, but as discussed below, this was replaced in Britain by land ‘allocation’ which provides a greater degree of flexibility.