Planning Flashcards
(70 cards)
What prompted the government’s first planning interventions?
A Brief History of Town Planning 3 bullets
- city growth
- slums of industrial revolution
- bad health of residents
2 bullet points
City growth, slums from the industrial revolution and the bad health of residents prompted the government to do what?
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- create the first planning intervention
- improve the standard of social housing
2 bullet points
What were the **second **planning interventions used to do when introduced by the government?
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- Limit urban sprawl
- protect the countryside
2 bullet points
What were the third planning interventions used to do?
A brief History of Town Planning
- control land use
- control economic activity
6 points
List all reasons for the initial conception of planning in the UK
A brief History of Town Planning
- improve standard of social housing
- improve health of residents
- limit urban sprawl
- protect countryside
- control land use
- control economic activity
6 points
When was the Housing of the Working Classes Act enacted?
A brief History of Town Planning
1890
3 points
What did the Housing of the Working Classes Act aim to do?
A brief History of Town Planning
Plan the provision of housing including;
* where the houses were
* what the houses looked like
Why was the Housing of the Working Classes Act created?
A brief History of Town Planning
- Planning Provision
- dire living conditions
What influenced planning policy from 1899-1902?
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Boer War
How did the Boer War influence Planning Policy?
A brief History of Town Planning
men unfit to fight due to poor living conditions
When was the Town and Country Planning Act produced?
A brief History of Town Planning
1909
What did Parker and Unwin do
A brief History of Town Planning
Developed a guide for **low density, contextual Urban Design **
When was the Addison Act enacted?
A brief History of Town Planning
1919
3 bullet points
What was the purpose of the Addison Act?
A brief History of Town Planning
- to fund councils to build 500,000 homes in 3 years
- shifted the focus from high density housing to low density garden suburbs
- raise standards to control development of new housing
1 point
What type of housing was built both privately and publicly in 1919?
A brief History of Town Planning
Garden Suburbs
1 bullet point
What was a key issue of housing post WWII?
A brief History of Town Planning
shortage of housing for working class towns
1 bullet point
What did planning policy aim to do post WWII?
A brief History of Town Planning
provide affordable housing
1 bullet
What did the Labour Government Housing Act do in 1930?
A brief History of Town Planning
Encourage mass slum clearances
When was the RibbonDevelopment Act enacted?
A brief History of Town Planning
1935
1 point
What did the Ribbon Development Act aim to do?
control development along major roads
When was the Barlow Planning Report?
A brief History of Town Planning
1940
2 bullets
What was the prupose of the Barlow Planning Report in 1940?
A brief History of Town Planning
- identify issues of the pre-war planning system
- proposed dispersal of industry and population to aid congested areas
2 bullets
What was the purpose of the New Towns Act in 1946?
A brief History of Town Planning
- to relocate those in poor/bombed housing following WWII
- expanding towns to accomodate overspill from densely populated areas of deprivation
When was the New Towns Act Established?
1946
