See, Petra Louise;
(1997)
PPG6 - Setting a balance: Research designed to address the concept that PPG6 can act as a sufficient planning mechanism ensuring the economic stability of out-of-town and town centre developments.
Masters thesis (M.Phil), UCL (University College London).
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The publication of the House of Commons Environment Committee Report recommended a revision of the 1993 version of Planning Policy Guidance Note Six (PPG6) entitled Town Centres and Retail Development Further investigation revealed that little research had been undertaken to discover if a revision of such guidance could redress the balance that had been distorted by the decentralisation of retail activity over the past few decades. The Town Centres: Vision and Reality Conference held in London (November 1995) attracted a over 100 people from all different fields of planning and provided me with the opportunity to ask the environment secretary, John Gummer, if the revised guidance would redress such a balance. He replied by saying that "out-of-town shopping is not intrinsically bad, but for a long time this has been the only answer. There is a need to make development in the city centre more available and ensure that town centres are vibrant". This statement acted as the prime influence which resulted in the selection of a thesis topic. The thesis was designed with the aim of discovering whether the current planning policy guidance was capable of supporting both out-of-town and town centre developments. This was to be achieved by collating the views of over 250 members of the planning world. A questionnaire was sent to private planning consultancies, local planning authorities, developers and retail operators in order to discover how different people from different fields of planning would react to the revised version of PPG6 following its publication in June 1996. The hypothesis was rejected in the conclusion, as PPG6 concentrates upon the revitalisation and redevelopment of town centres, in the belief that out-of-town centres could look after themselves in the short-term. The research highlighted some of the areas that require further examination, particularly in terms of the impact of new retail innovations in the future.
| Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
|---|---|
| Qualification: | M.Phil |
| Title: | PPG6 - Setting a balance: Research designed to address the concept that PPG6 can act as a sufficient planning mechanism ensuring the economic stability of out-of-town and town centre developments |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Thesis digitised by ProQuest. |
| Keywords: | Social sciences; PPG6; Town centre developments |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10099407 |
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