Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-322) and index.

chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- chapter 2 A THEORETICAL CONTEXT OF PLANNING POLICY -- chapter 3 THE POLITICS OF PLANNING POLICY: the Major era -- chapter 4 THE POLITICS OF PLANNING POLICY: the Blair era -- chapter 5 NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND LOCAL PLANNING POLICY RELATIONSHIPS -- chapter 6 NATIONAL CONSISTENCY IN THE PLANNING POLICY PROCESS -- chapter 7 REGIONAL CERTAINTY AND COMPATIBILITY IN THE PLANNING POLICY PROCESS -- chapter 8 LOCAL DISCRETION IN THE PLANNING POLICY PROCESS -- chapter 9 NATIONAL AGENDAS AND PLANNING POLICY VARIATION: Wales vs. England -- chapter 10 NATIONAL PLANNING POLICY AND DEVOLUTION IN WALES AFTER 1999 -- chapter 11 DEVOLUTION AND PLANNING POLICY DEVELOPMENT IN SCOTLAND AFTER 1999 -- chapter 12 PLANNING POLICY WITHIN NEW FORMS OF GOVERNANCE -- chapter 13 CONCLUSIONS.