ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the district of Aylesbury Vale where, following the Structure Plan review, the Council set about formulating its own district-wide plan. It outlines the character of the Vale and the types of pressures the area is under. The chapter considers the District's proposals and shows how policies cascaded down to this, the most local level in the planning hierarchy. The small market town of Aylesbury was designated for expansion too in order to accommodate London 'over-spill' from the 1960s onwards, and expanded rapidly in the 1970s, with a great deal of new building in and around the historic core. In Aylesbury Vale the planners seemed to take some pride in the development plans that were being made, especially those related to the town of Aylesbury itself. They pointed to opportunities to put into practice new theories about 'urban villages'.
