Town and Country Planning The Ministry of Health has done
well to remind the local authorities of their powers under the new Town and Country Planning Act, which comes into force on April 1st. As with allotments and other matters, so with planning, Parliament has given the local bodies full opportunities to benefit those whom they serve. The difficulty is to get them to use their powers, and the Ministry's circular is -by no means unnecessary. Its advice, too, is sensible. The local councils are urged to co-operate with the landowners so as to avoid disputes about compensation and the like. Councils are recom- mended, also, to take the public into their confidence and to consult the local tradesmen and manufacturers, so that they may make their planning schemes practical and useful to the whole community. A town or country plan of development, rightly conceived, should be of advantage to all parties, and should seldom meet with opposition.
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