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Despite this, however, Lowe (2005) found what she termed ‘significant spill-over effects' of the in-town shopping centre development, with many significant economic benefits, such as an increased number of jobs, and increased social mobility.
The Government is therefore, as we have seen, committed to the town centre as the hub of commercial activity in the UK, with the Government's Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning for Town Centres clearly stating that their interest lies in planning for the growth of existing centres by promoting and enhancing existing centres, through expanding consumer choice, supporting diversity and improving accessibility. This ties in with the Government's aims for the social development of communities, which can be broadly summarised as promoting social inclusion, encouraging investment to develop deprived areas, promoting economic growth of local economies, and working to achieve sustainability in developments.
As Lowe (2004) argues, however, these in-town shopping centres, and town centre redevelopments, such as the Merry Hill Centre in the West Midlands, pose a challenge to the UK planning policy as a whole, as these new town centres can be regarded as ‘edge cities' and, as such, are likely to have a massive impact on Britain's urban futures well in to the future. With this in mind, argues Lowe (2004) it is important to take these new urban forms seriously, in terms of planning. This seems to be taken on board now, with the most recent Planning Policy Statement from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister entitled Planning for Town Centres offering a detailed plan as to how the Government would like to see town centres redeveloped UK-wide, with town centres being the focus of Government spending and efforts to regenerate urban areas.
As the Government makes it clear in its Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning for Town Centres, planning is indeed fundamental for achieving these aims, and a fundamental concern of Government, such that regional planning authorities, in conjunction with local authorities, should have a plan in place for re-development which encompasses all of the Government's aims. Within this, local authorities should be the ones with the decision-making powers as to how much new retail floor space is necessary, and sustainable, how changes to existing retail spaces should be managed, and how, for example, decisions are reached regarding the amounts and proportions of primary and secondary frontages.

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