Housing, Town Planning, etc. Act 1909

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Citation	9 Edw. 7. c. 44
Dates
Royal assent	3 December 1909

The Housing, Town Planning, etc. Act 1909 (9 Edw. 7. c. 44) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which prevented the building of "back-to-back" houses. The act also meant local authorities must introduce systems of town planning and meant homes had to be built to certain legal standards.^[1]

See also

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• Liberal reforms
• New towns movement
• Town and country planning in the United Kingdom

Bibliography

• Full text
• Handbook to the Housing and Town Planning Act, 1909 by W. Thompson.
• Housing, town planning, etc., act, 1909, a practical + guide, by E.G. Bentley, LL.B., and S. Pointon Taylorwith a foreword by Raymond Unwin, 1911.
• Housing and Town Planning in Great Britain, including the Housing, Town Planning Act, by http://codesproject.asu.edu/node/90, 191o

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