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The future of strategic planning - Unitary Development Plans: the West Midlands Experience

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Series: Planner ; 74(11) November 1988, 19-23(5)Publication details: 1988Subject(s): Summary: More than two years after the Unitary Development Plan was introduced following the abolition of the metropolitan county councils, this paper considers in the light of the West Midlands experience, whether initial criticism of the new system of planning was justified; what has been achieved so far and what lessons learnt and the implications for the future of development plans in the shire counties?

More than two years after the Unitary Development Plan was introduced following the abolition of the metropolitan county councils, this paper considers in the light of the West Midlands experience, whether initial criticism of the new system of planning was justified; what has been achieved so far and what lessons learnt and the implications for the future of development plans in the shire counties?