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Language: English Series: Estates Gazette ; 284(6361) 21 November 1987, 1014-17(2)Publication details: 1987Subject(s): Summary: The author considers that a major cause of inner city decay is our legislative and planning systems; policies of the last 40 years must be reversed to encourage natural regeneration. Government proposals for more centralist economic and planning control can only be counter- productive. Major reforms are needed in rating , which should be abolished; the Rent Acts , which should be phased out to create a new sector of ` development leasehold ` and out-of-town retailing which is starving city centres of trade.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Journal article | London Journal article | ABS38607 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 11471-1001 |
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The author considers that a major cause of inner city decay is our legislative and planning systems; policies of the last 40 years must be reversed to encourage natural regeneration. Government proposals for more centralist economic and planning control can only be counter- productive. Major reforms are needed in rating , which should be abolished; the Rent Acts , which should be phased out to create a new sector of ` development leasehold ` and out-of-town retailing which is starving city centres of trade.