The Report of the Advisory Committee on Town and Country
Planning which has been issued this week is dis- appointingly jejune. The report proposes no major amend- ments of the law, but suggests a number of minor alterations which could be made without disturbance of present ad- ministration. The Committee find, however, that the powers in the Act of 1932 should be adequate to secure the preservation of the countryside (subject to slight qualifica- tions) provided they are skilfully and firmly administered. At the ' moment they are convinced that administration could be improved, and they suggest that every planning scheme should have at least one officer or consultant with qualifications in planning and that the Ministry of Health should proffer more advice. Such advice might with advantage take the form of instigation to initiative. The-Advertisement Regulation Acts have proved so unsatis- factory that a conference was called by the Home Office months ago to discuss possible amendments. Nothing more has been heard of it since, but the present report should encourage any attempted reforms.
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