ABSTRACT
Prior to 1932, planning legislation had concerned itself with the problems of housing and public health in built-up areas, but the Town and County Planning Act of that year gave first recognition to the need for planning in rural areas. This rather perfunctory and inadequate Act made provision for rural areas which were being developed, or which were under threat of development, to produce a planning scheme with the object of
controlling the development of land comprised in the area to which the scheme applies, of securing proper sanitary conditions, amenity and convenience, and of preserving existing buildings or other objects of architectural, historic or artistic interest and places of natural interest or beauty, and generally of protecting existing amenities. (Section 1)
