SP03. UNITARY DEVELOPMENT PLANS (UDPs)
(updated: May 18, 2006 )

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Association of District Councils & District Planning Officers Society (former; part of Local Government Association since 1997), 1997, 'Adoption and Monitoring and Unitary Development Plans', ADC & DPOS, London.

Association of London Borough Planning Officers (ALBPO):
'Analysis of Unitary Development Plan Post-Inquiry and Adoption Processes', 1996.
'Analysis of Unitary Development Plan Monitoring Questionnaire Results', 1996.
'Best Value - A Guide to Unitary Development Plan Indicators', available from Jimmy Jemal, tel. (020) 8359 4658, June 2000.

Audit Commission Publications, PO Box 99, Wetherby LS23 7JA,
tel. (0800) 502030, fax. (0870) 121 4217, email: audit-publications@twoten.press.net
'Development Control and Planning', ISBN 1862403481, March 2002. (OFL, 5.3.02)

Baker, John, 2002, 'Making plans amid reforms', (discussion of the 'Making Plans' report), Planning 1478, 19.7.02, p14

Baker, Mark, 1999, 'Intervention or interference? Central government involvement in the plan-maming process in some English regions', Town Planning Review 70 (1), January.

Barraclough, David, 2000, 'Margin or centre stage' (on the new report of the RTPI Development Plan Panel), Planning 1388, 29.9.00.

Blackman, David, 2001, 'Major reform back on the agenda' (possible major reforms to the development plan system), Planning 1421, 16.01, p10.

Brown, Alison, 2000, 'Flexible planning' (Views of the RTPI Development Plans Panel on the need for a radical overhaul of development plans), Planning 1359, 10.3.00.
Brown, Alison, 2001, 'Developing a vision of the future' (The RTPI good practice guide on development plans), Planning 1403. 26.1.01.

Bruff, G. & Wood, A., 1995, 'Sustainable development and English metropolitan district authorities: an investigation using unitary development plans', Sustainable Development 3, pp9-19.

Chalk, Bob, 2000, 'Full speed ahead' or 'steady as you go' (the case for a radical reform of the current development plan system), Planning 1383, 25.8.00.

CPRE London, ?, 'The London Planning Guide', £3.50 inc. p. and p. from CPRE London, 5 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6DW

*Crow, Stephen; Yewlett, Chris; Thomas, Huw & Harris, Neil, 2001, 'Quality of development plans', good practice guide commissioned from Stephen Crow, Chris Yewlett, Huw Thomas & Neil Harris of the University of Wales Cardiff for the RTPI Development Planning Panel, RTPI, London, and available from Cardiff University, tel. (029) 2087 6222, January.

Dent, Mary, 1991, 'Unitary Development Plans,' Paper presented to the Town and Country Planning Summer School, September 1991, The Planner, 13.12.91.

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR) (replaced DETR in June 2001)
- website: http://www.dtlr.gov.uk
*'Planning Policy Guidance Note 25: Development And Flood Risk', July 2001, http://www.planning.dtlr.gov.uk/ppg25/index.htm
'Working Papers On Good Practice In Plan Preparation And The Management Of The Plan Preparation Process', August 2001,
http://www.planning.dtlr.gov.uk/gpppmdpp/index.htm
'Progress on Adoption of Area Wide Local Plans and Unitary Development Plans', May 2002,
http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=6467&heading=e-mail+alert

Department of the Environment (DOE) (former; from June 1997- June 2001 part of the
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions; DETR):
*DOE, 'Environmental Appraisal of Development Plans; a good practice guide,' HMSO, 1993. Documents Division:UK/P93/213/5
'Speeding up the Delivery of Local Plans and UDPs', Consultation Paper, January 1997.

Department of the Environment Transport and the Regions (DETR) (June 1997 - June 2001)
- website: http://www.detr.gov.uk
NB: DETR replaced in June 2001 by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR)
1998:
'Modernising Planning: Improving Arrangements for the Delivery of Local Plans and Unitary Development Plans' (consultation paper), March 1998.
1999:
*Progress on Adoption of Area-Wide Plans and Unitary Development Plans', January 1999.
*'The Town and Country Planning (Development Plans and Consultation) (Departures) Directions 1999' (Circular and Directions in force from 30.8.99 and replacing the arrangements in the Town and Country Planning (Development Plans and Consultation) Directions 1992, £6 from the DETR Publications Sales Centre, tel. (0870) 600 5522, August 1999.
'Circular 7/99: Development Plans and Consultation' (took effect in August 1999).
*'(draft revision) 'Planning Policy Guidance Note 12: Development Plans', DETR Free Literature, Wetherby, Yorkshire, February 1999 (OFL on 18.2.99)
*Development Control and Development Plan Preparation: Local Authority Concerns and Current Government Action', DETR Free Literature, Wetherby, June 1999 (Report no. 99/DPL03) (OFL on 18.6.99) and available at http://www.detr.gov.uk
*'Planning Policy Guidance Note 12: Development Plans', TSO, December 1999 (OFL on 17.12.99), on the web at:- http://www.planning.detr.gov.uk/ppg12/index.htm
*'The Town and Country Planning (Development Plan) (England) Regulations 1999 (consolidate and amend the Town and Country Plannintg (Development Plans) Regulations 1991 and subsequent amending regulations). December 1999 (in force from 2.1.2000)
*'Local Plans and Unitary Development Plans - A Guide to Procedures', DETR Free Publications, Wetherby, December 1999 (OFL on 17.12.99), on the web at: http://www.planning.detr.gov.uk/guides/index.htm
2000:
*'Progress on Adoption of Area Wide Local Plans and Unitary Development Plans', DETR Free Literature, PO Box 236, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS23 7NB, February 2000 and on the web at: http://www.planning.detr.gov.uk/awlp/progress/index.htm
'Town and Country Planning (Development Plans) (England) Regulations, Statutory Instrument no. 3280 (replaced the 1991 Regulations), £5.80, TSO, 2000.
*'Planning Policy Guidance Note 25 - Development and Flood Risk' (draft for consultation, to replace DOE Circular 30/92), DETR, April 2000 and at: http://www.planning.detr.gov.uk/consult.htm
2001:
'Progress on Local Plans and Unitary Development Plans', January 2001, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=1009&heading=E-mail+Alert
'Working Papers on Good Practice in Plan Preparation and the Management of the Plan Preparation Process: Introduction and Literature Review', March 2001, http://www.planning.detr.gov.uk/gpppmdpp/index.htm
*'Good practice in plan preparation and management of the development plan system', (Report for the DETR by Baker Associates, Bristol, tel. (0117) 910 5200, email: consultants@bakerassocs.com on the web at http://www.planning.detr.gov.uk/gpppmdpp/index.htm
NB: DETR replaced from June 2001 to May 2002 by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR)
DOE / DETR Good Practice Guides (GPG-):
GPG13. 'Development Plans: A Good Practice Guide'.
GPG15. 'Environmental Appraisal of Development Plans: A Good Practice Guide'.
GPG16. 'Evaluation of Environmental Information for Planning Projects: A Good Practice Guide'.
GPG18. 'Local Development plans and Unitary Development Plans: A Good Practice Guide'.
GPG20. 'Planning and Development Briefs: A Guide to Better Practice'.
GPG22: Planning for Sustainable Development: Towards Better Practice'.
GPG23. 'PPPG13: Guide to Better Practice'.
GPG27. 'Vital and Viable Town Centres'.
DOE / DETR Research Reports (RES-):
RES02. 'The Effectiveness of Planning Guidance on Sport and Recreation'.
RES65. 'The Effectiveness of PPG13: A Pilot Study'.
RES71. 'The Use of Density in Urban Planning'.
RES76. 'Implementation of PPG13: Final Report'.
RES80. 'Departure Applications: The Effectiveness of the Town and Country Planning Act (Development Plans and Consultation Direction) 1992 (Joint DOE & DOT)
RES91. 'Implementation of PPG13: Interim Report' (with DOT).
RES97. 'Community Involvement in Planning and Development Processes'.
NB: DETR replaced from June 2001 to May 2002 by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR)

Dewar, David, 2002, 'Mixed blessings in new plan' (reactions to the Planning Green paper proposals for overhauling development plans), Planning 1450, 4.1.02, p9

Docklands Forum, 1999, 'Your Plan, Your Future - getting to grips with your UDP and its Review', Docklands Forum, London.

English Nature, Peterborough
- website: http://www.english-nature.org.uk/
'Evaluation of development plans to assess biological and geological policy issues', 2003, http://www.english-nature.org.uk/pubs/publication/PDF/ENRR484.pdf

Fair, James, 1994, 'Pressure groups push up the cost of UDPs', Planning Week 2 (14), 7.4.94.

Forrester, Kim, 1999, 'The right to reply' (interview with Bob Hawkes about the Islington UDP), Planning 1326, 9.7.99.

Garlick, Richard, 1999, 'Reasons to be cheerful' (UDP revision timetables), Planning 1304, 5.3.99.

Gibson, Jane, 1999, 'A sign of the times on show' (planning policies and theatre signage), Planning 1320, 28.5.99.

Gill, Steve; Higgs, Gary & Nevitt, Paul, 1999, 'GIS in Planning Departments: Preliminary Results from a Survey of Local Planning Authorities in Wales', Planning Practice and Research 14 (3), August.

Goodall, Martin, 1999, 'Quashing Development Plans under Section 281 - A Pyrrhic Victory?', Journal of Planning and Environmental Law, February.

Gould, S, 1992, 'London's Unitary Development Plans: Design Policy Content', Urban Design Quarterly 44, pp10-16.

Hales, Richard, 2000, 'Land use development planning and the notion of sustainable development: Exploring constraint and facilitation within the English planning system', Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 43 (1), pp99-121.

Hill, L, 1991, 'Unitary development plans for the West Midlands: first stages in the statutory responses to a changing conurbation', in Nadin, V & Doak, L (eds), 1991, 'Town Planning Responses to City Change', Gower, Aldershot, Hampshire.

House Builders' Federation (HBF) (marketing arm: New Homes Marketing Board),
82 New Cavendish St., London W1M 8AD, tel. (020) 7608 5100:
- website: http://www.hbf.co.uk
'Housing Policies in Unitary Development Plans in London', 1991.
'Building Success: the Economic Role of New Housing in Wales'', January 2004.

John, David, 2000, 'Updated guidance for development plan inquiries' (to accommommodate the revised PPG12, Code and Regulations), Planning 1379, 28.7.00.
John, David, 2002, 'The planning Green paper - way ahead for development planning', Planning 1461, 22.3.02, p23

Kitchen, Ted & Whitney, D, 2001, 'The Utility of Development Plans in Urban Regeneration: 3 City Challenge case studies', Town Planning Review 72 (1), January, pp1-24.

Land Use Consultants:
'The Effectiveness of Planning Policy Guidance Notes', HMSO, London, 1995.

Loftman, Patrick & Pratt, Dick, 1994, 'Public participation in the UDP process,' Town and Country Planning 63 (9), September.

London Planning Advisory Committee (LPAC)
(former; part of the Greater London Authority since 2000)
'Advice on a Parking Strategy for London' (Supplementary Parking Advice), 1993.
'A Review of the Parking Policies and Standards included in Unitary Development Plans', ADV47, January 1996.
'Thames Policy Area: UDP Coordination and Safeguarding sites for cargo handling in the River Thames', 1999.

London Women and Planning Group publications available from the Womens' Design Service, London,
tel. (020) 7490 5210:
'Shaping our Borough: Women and UDPs', Planning Aid for London, 1992.

National Assembly for Wales / Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru, Cardiff:
- see Welsh Assembly Government / Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (took over responsibility for planning and housing from the DTLR in May 2002)
- replaced in May 2006 by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)
- website: http://www.odpm.gov.uk
'Making Plans: Good Practice in Plan Preparation and Management of the Development Plan Process' (by Baker Associates), July 2002, .http://www.planning.odpm.gov.uk/makeplan/index.htm
'Making The System Work Better - Planning at regional and local levels', July 2002, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=7357&heading=e-mail+alert
'Sustainable Communities - Delivering through Planning', July 2002, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=7358&heading=e-mail+alert
'Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill: Further guidance for development plans', June 2003, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=15620&heading=e-mail+alert
'The Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2004', October 2003, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=17048&heading=e-mail+alert
'Town and Country Planning (Transitional Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2004', October 2003, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=17045&heading=e-mail+alert
'Planning Policy Statement 12: Local Development Frameworks', October 2003, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=17043&heading=e-mail+alert
'The Town and Country Planning (Regional Planning) (England) Regulations 2004', October 2003, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=17042&heading=e-mail+alert
'Draft Consultation Paper on New Planning Policy Statement 11: Regional planning', October 2003, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=17040&heading=e-mail+alert

Oldield King Consultancy, 2000, 'Planning for Affordable Housing in London' (housing provisions in Unitary Development Plans), study commissioned by the London Planning Advisory Committee & the London Housing Federation, London Housing Federation, tel. (020) 7278 6571, January.

Parkes, Michael, et al., 1999, 'Your Plan, Your Future: Getting to Grips with Your UDP and its Review', Docklands Forum, London, February.

Reeves, Dory, 2002, 'Development Plans in England: The role of Planning Aid', Journal of Planning and Environment Law, November, pp407-428

Roberts, Peter, et al. (eds), 1999, 'Metropolitan Planning in Britain - A Comparative Study', Jessica Kingsley and the Regional Studies Association, London. ISBN 1 85302 403 1 (and see the Book Review in Planning 1320, 28.5.99).

Royal Town Planning Institute, 41 Botolph Lane, London EC3R,
tel. (020) 7929 9494, fax. (020) 7929 9490, email: online@rtpi.org.uk
- website: http://www.rtpi.org.uk
'Slimmer and Swifter: A critical examination of District-wide Local Plans and Unitary Development Plans', Planning and Environment Books, London WC1, 1997 (OFL)
*'Improving the Development Plan System in England and Wales', December 1999 (OFL on 10.12.99)
*'Quality of development plans', good practice guide commissioned from Stephen Crow, Chris Yewlett, Huw Thomas & Neil Harris of the University of Wales Cardiff for the RTPI Development Planning Panel, 2000.
*'(RTPI Development Planning Panel), 'Margin or centre stage?, 2000 and at: http://www.rtpi.org.uk/latest
*(author: Stephen Crow, Neil Harris, Huw Thomas & Chris Yewlett et al), 'Fitness for a Purpose - Quality in Development Plans', RTPI Central Services, £7.50 (including post and packing), January 2001. (Oversize Pamphlet GP5511 FIT) and at http://www.rtpi.org.uk/eandp/pub/fitnessforpurpose/pdf

Royal Town Planning Institute North-West England and North Wales Branch,1996, 'The Effectiveness of the UDP System in North West England', available from RTPINW, tel. (0161) 728 4772.

Stephenson, Richard, 1998, 'In What Ways and to What Extent is Technical Information Used in Policy Making? Findings from a Study of Two Development Plans', Planning Practice and Research 13 (3), August.

Strategic Rail Authority (SRA), London, tel. (020) 7654 6000
- website: http://www.sra.gov.uk :
'A Strategic Agenda', March 2001, and at http://www.sra.gov.uk
'Land Use planning statement', November 2001, and on the SRA website.
'Land Use planning and the SRA - A guide for local planning authorities and regional planning bodies', November 2001 and on the SRA website.

Street, Elizabeth, 2000, 'Powers over pollution' (planning, development plans and air quality), Planning 1358, 3.3.00.

Tewdwr-Jones, Mark, 1998, 'Strategic planning', in J. Osmond (ed), 1998, 'The National Assembly Agenda: a Handbook for the first Four Years', Institute of Welsh Affairs, Cardiff.

The Welsh Office, Cardiff (superceded in 1999 by the National Assembly for Wales)
Planning Policy Guidance (Wales)
New series
Planning Guidance Wales - Unitary Development Plans', HMSO, Cardiff, 1996.
Planning Guidance Wales - Planning Policy', HMSO, Cardiff, 1996.
The Welsh Office, Cardiff (former): other publications
'The Welsh Language - Unitary Development Plans and Development Control', Draft technical advice note, available from the Welsh Office, tel. (01222) 823713.
'Development Plans in Wales: Monitoring Survey', The Welsh Office, June 1999.

Walton, D & Kenyon, S., 1998, 'Development Plans: Law and Practice', Sweet & Maxwell, London, ISBN 0421577002

Webster, B & Lavers, A, 1991, 'The effectiveness of public local inquiries as a vehicle for public participation in the plan-making process: a case study of the Barnet unitary development plan inquiry', Journal of Planning and Environmental Law, pp803-813.

Welsh Assembly Government / Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru
- website: http://www.wales.gov.uk
'Technical Advice Note 20: The Welsh Language - Unitary Development Plans and Planning Control', July 2000.
'Technical Advice Note 20: Consultation Paper on Draft National Planning Guidance for Unitary Development Plans', July 2000, available from Paul Harrison at the National Assembly for Wales, tel. (029) 2082 3713, and at: http://www.planning.haynet.com
'Unitary Development Plans - a Guide to Procedures', May 2001, available from tel. (029) 2082 3877, and at http://www.wales.gov.uk/subiplanning/content/deveplans_e.htm
'Unitary Development Plans Wales 2001', June 2001, available from tel. (029) 2082 3877.
'Sustainability of Unitary Development Plans in Wales: A Good Practice Guide', September 2002, free.
Sustainability of Unitary Development Plans in Wales: Report on a review of background material', 2002, http://www.wales.gov.uk/subiplanning/content/deveplans/sa_udp_e.pdf

Williams, Gary; Strange, I; Bintley, M & Bristow, R, 1992, 'Metropolitan Planning in the 90s: the role of UDPs', Occasional Paper 34, School of Planning and Landscape, Manchester University.

Womens' Design Service (WDS), 52-54 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RT,
tel. (020) 7490 5210:
'Planning London: Unitary Development Plans', 1994.
WDS Broadsheet Design Series:
2. Planning London: Unitary Development Plans.
7. UDP Policies: Their Impact on Womens' Lives', LWPF Report, April 1994.

Wood, Martin, 1996, 'Local Plans and Unitary Development Plans: Is there a better way?', Journal of Planning and Environment Law, October, pp807-815.