Unit 1: Resolving Land-Use Conflicts
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- Resolving Land-Use Conflicts
- Planning controls
- Planning applications to local planning authority
- Public inquires for larger or controversial projects
- Intrested groups present their cases
- Inspector compiles a report with recomendation
- Planning applications are usually granted if reasonable
- Areas with strict planning controls
- National Parks - virtually no development unless essential/very desirable
- Green Belts - area round urban area restricting urban expansion
- Designated by DEFRA
- Stops urban sprawl and urban areas merging
- Encourages regeneration of brownfield sites
- Problems
- Leapfrogging
- Increased land prices
- Encourages building on greenfield sites (urban parks)
- Overcrowding
- Shortage of development land
- Green Wedges - better alternative to Green Belts
- Green corridoors
- Transport avoids green areas
- Urban expansion possible
- Important areas for wildlife prioritised
- Planning controls
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