ABSTRACT
British planning theorists and practitioners have tended to adopt a lofty and disdainful attitude towards the critiques outlined in Chapter 2. They have often been brushed aside as temporary aberrations in the path of continuing post-war planning. Those who have attempted to respond to the critiques fall roughly into two main groups. The first group argue that post-war British planning principles and practice were reasonably sound. This leads to the conclusion that the theoretical critiques of these principles have been unreasonable and that revised versions should be re-established after the demise of Thatcherism. The views of this group are summarized in the first section of this chapter.
