ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with other forms of plans, which are prepared as part of the planning system, and also those government agencies set up with the object of promoting development without necessarily preparing an overall plan for land for which they are responsible. In preparing plans, local planning authorities (lpas) continue the traditional approach, embodied in the Town and Country Planning Act (TCPA) 1947, of 'allocating' land for a primary land use which does not preclude development which incorporates complimentary land uses. The principles of 'zoning' have been adopted in British planning by the introduction of Enterprise Zones (EZs), Simplified Planning Zones (SPZs), and Business Planning Zones (BPZs). A local highway authority can be authorised to acquire land compulsorily outside a Development Corporation's area to construct or improve an existing road if this will further the regeneration of the urban development area.
