Abstract
IT the provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947, Britain is committed to the planning of the use of every acre of its land surface, and the county authorities become the primary planning authorities. They are required to put forward their proposals for the approval of the Minister within a brief space of time, and there is a very real danger that far-reaching decisions on policy will be taken with a totally inadequate foundation of factual knowledge. It is therefore of the utmost importance that surveys such as this volume on Devon and Cornwall should be undertaken and made available at the earliest possible opportunity. There is an obvious advantage in such work being undertaken by independent groups with no preconceived points of view and with no axe of their own to grind.
Devon and Cornwall
A Preliminary Survey. A Report issued by the Survey Committee of the University College of the South-West, Exeter. Pp. iv+318. (Exeter : A. Wheaton and Co., Ltd., 1947.) 31s. 6d. net.
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STAMP, L. Devon and Cornwall. Nature 161, 786–787 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161786b0
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