The recommendations of the select Committee seen from an autonomic regional viewpoint

Abstract

The paper sees those regulations born of spanish planning legislation as having been questioned during recent years and speaks of there existing a position as to these which calls a liberalizing of those as to the use of ground. It holds that the setting up of the Select Committee was in some wise due to this and mentions the important part played is the discussions of that board by its supporters. The authors also highlight the degree of agreement that was achieved and underline the reaffirming of planning as a public function and the role that public initiative in the controlling of land prices as among the most telling aspects of the Board's recommendations. They also mention their call for a loosening up through legislative reform on criteria likewise for an easing of procedures and then for a going into greater depth in those measures touching upon the quality of the urban environment and the habitability of spanish cities.