ABSTRACT
The latter half of the 1940s proved to be a testing time not only for the Association but for the whole apparatus of modern planning. For the Association here was a new role, no longer campaigning for the advent of new legislation but now, instead, holding a watching brief over the young offspring. Everything was in place but would it grow to its full potential? Indeed, events in the early years suggested that the future of planning was far from secure, and public hopes turned very quickly to doubts. Inevitably, the two histories are intertwined—the record of the Association seeking to influence but, in turn, strongly constrained by developments at large.
