local planning authorities, or upon an order made by the :\linbt~:r after consultation with them. Thus, the future of the South Lancash1re and North Cheshire Advisory Committee will depend upon the views of the new local planning authOlities and upon the Minister's approval of those views or his alternative direction. These new )ocal planning authorities would be:{I) The cotmty councils of Lancashire, Cheshire, the \Vest Riding and Derbyshire-the last two authorities only if they agreed that Sadclleworth, Glossop and Whaley Bridge should remain in the Advisory Area.
(2) The county borough councils of Manchester, Salford, \\'arrington, Wigan , Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Stockport.
(b) Development will be controlled in accordance with a" deYelopment plan" to be prepared by the local planning authority after survey and submitted to and approved by the Minister. In the first instance, an outline development plan must be made indicating the broad pattern of future development over a large area. After this, more detailed plans 101 the development or redevelopment of individual towns or districts will be required. All development plans must be reviewed every five years. In other words, there will be no ((final scheme" as previously known. Initially, and at each subsequent review, such land as may be needed for any particular development in order to give effect to the plan- whether by Government departments, statutory undertakers, local authorities or private ent erprise- will be declared subject to compulsory purchase. A day-to-day control will be exercised in the light of the current development plan, much as interim development control is exercised now. (c) The execution of development plans involving acquisition and compensation will carry the right to Exchequer grants. The maximum rates of grant-<Jo% for the redevelopment of war-damaged areas, 8o% for the redevelopment of obsolescent areas, and 6o% for other necessarv planning developments- will be subject to regulations which may materially modify their application. The percentage of grant will be graded in accordance with the financial resources and burdens of each local planning authority. The annual cost to the Exchequer is estimated to be likely to reach ÂŁ3 million per annum by 1953 and a possible maximum of ÂŁ9 million per annum later. From these estimates it is evident that financial assistance for the comprehensive redevelopment of existing built-up areas will be relatively thinly spread. However, the main point is that expenditure necessarily involved in carrying out a plan may, for the :first time, attract a direct grant.
(d) The existing use of land and premises is the bas1s upon which the Bill seeks to solve the compensation problem. Any change of 1tse, except the reversion of land to agriculture, requires : (i) Planning permission either local or central ; (ii) The recovery by the Central Land Board of a development charge which will be related to the estimated increase in !lite value. The Central Land Board will pay compensation for any loss of
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