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THE Town Planning Institute has issued a report of the National Survey and National Planning Committee (price Is.). The report stresses several matters of importance, and points out that in England and Wales (for Scotland is not included) about three quarters of the local authorities have applied the various Acts to about two thirds of the total land area. The process of planning, however, appears to be slow and essentially local in outlook. The Committee believes that national planning is required to supplement and reinforce local and regional planning. There is no national policy or guidance in the preservation of land for agriculture and for the reservation of national parks and other large open spaces. Further, in problems of transport, such as roadways and airports, a national, rather than a regional, outlook is necessary. The report contains a strong plea for a new department of Government which should take the form of a National Planning Commission. Its functions would be, first, the completion of a national survey, and secondly, advice and guidance to other Government departments and local authorities. Thus it would be possible to formulate and execute a national policy in the utilization of land.
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National Planning. Nature 142, 949 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142949b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/142949b0