ABSTRACT
Land use regulation does not exist in isolation from other forms of governance and regulation. Currently the UK system is implemented through different levels of government (central, regional and local) and a number of different government bodies (e.g., the Department of Environment, Transport and Regions, County Councils, District Councils, Unitary Councils, the Appeals Inspectorate) and a variety of quangos (e.g., the Countryside Commission and the National Rivers Authority). Consequently, I cannot simply begin to explore a postmodern planning without first addressing some questions of relationship to these different levels of government and other bodies. Other factors also arise that impinge on a postmodern planning, such as a system of collective agreement (voting) and at what level should planning operate? It is these more fundamental questions that Part 1 engages with.
