ABSTRACT
Our object in Part III is to introduce and develop a body of technique which we believe will be helpful to all those who are concerned with the processes of planning and policy-making in local government, and may also have some wider relevance to other levels of the public planning process. Our aim is not so much to suggest methods for deriving clear-cut ‘best solutions’ to problems of strategic choice on paper, but rather to indicate ways in which it may be possible to open up and enrich the continuing dialogue between those who are responsible for the formulation of planning proposals (the officials) and those who are publicly accountable for the resulting decisions (the elected representatives).
