planning system pre war

Question 1

Housing and Planning Act 1909

Answer 1

• Made it illegal to build back-to-back houses

Question 2

Housing and Town Planning Act 1919

Answer 2

Placed a duty for local authorities to provide housing for the working classes and provided funding to build half a million homes within three years.

not all of the funding was made available and only 213,000 homes were built

Question 3

Restriction of Ribbon Development Act, 1935

Answer 3

Aimed to restrict the development of land alongside roads. It was passed in response to the increasing number of residential ribbon development. The act required developers to obtain permission from the Minister of Transport for any new development within 220 yards of a classified road