The growth of cities in relation to town planning / by A.K. Chalmers.

  • Chalmers, A. K. (Archibald Kerr), 1856-1942.
Date:
[1908]
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Credit: The growth of cities in relation to town planning / by A.K. Chalmers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    It is true tliat the present Bill aims at sometliing more tliaii past iionsiiig legislation has done—at something, indeed, which is quite dill'erent I'rom it—by pi'oviding for schemes for town planning. And to make the difference, as it were, more distinct, these schemes need not be limited to nnbnilt ground within the district of a given local authority, but may be applied to any land in its iieigidjourhood, which appears likel.y to be used for building purposes. The object of any such scheme is to ensure amenity and convenience in connection with the laying out and use of the land over which it extends, as well as to j)rovide for its sanitary condition. There is, further, an interesting provision in Clause 46 (3), which ayjpears to regard such an area as experimental ground for differentiating the various functions of p\d)lic health administration, so that, in the words of the Act, the authorit,y responsible for the execution of the scheme may be one of the local authorities concerned, oi' for certain purposes of the scheme one local authority, and for certain other ])urposes another local authority. Not only so, but a joint body may be constituted especially for the ])urpose, and this body is to be endowed with all necessary powers for cariying out the objects of the scheme. It may be suggested that this is an extension of a principle implied, if not expressed, in the Housing (Amendment) Act of 1900, which enabled a local authority to acquire land beyond