Towns and cities in britain have seen many changes in shopping facilities over the last 40 years planning for retail development explores how planning policy has evolved over the last four decades and how it has affected retail property development clifford guy also critically examines current policy and the assumptions upon which it is founded. Written by a leading expert in the field this is the first thorough critical review of retail planning policy in britain including scotland and wales it covers recent changes in government policy and guidance and examines retail policy within a broader economic and social context planning for retail development explains key events and debates in the evolution of retail planning policy . 2008 planning for retail development a critical view of the british experience journal of environmental planning and management vol 51 no 2 pp 322 323. Planning for retail development a critical view of the british experience clifford guy written by a leading expert in the field this is the first thorough critical review of retail planning policy in britain including scotland and wales. Planning for retail development explains key events and debates in the evolution of retail planning policy at central and local government levels since the 1960s and draws contrasts between the 1980s a period in which retail developers were encouraged by central government to expand away from town centres and the more recent emphasis on