ABSTRACT
During the period of the Second World War (1939-45), little physical development was carried out unless it was directly connected with the paramount needs of equipping and defending the country. It was not until 1943 that the government turned its legislative attention to planning following the publication of the Barlow and Scott Reports. The Minister of Town and Country Planning Act 1943, appointed for the first time a minister who was:
A second Act in 1943, The Town and Country (Interim Development) Act, provided that all land in England and Wales would be deemed to be subject to interim development control, provided by the 1932 Act, irrespective of whether or not the local authority had passed a resolution to prepare a planning scheme.
