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The 1940s has been regarded as an epoch in the history of British town planning. Among other things, many imaginative plans were prepared by famous planning consultants, such as Tomas Sharp and Patric Abercrombie. Behind the scenes, however, there was a growing concern among these planners and the government about the present as well as the future of planning and planners. This led to the setting up of the committee on qualifications of planners, which aimed to introduce a new breed of planners, with little avail.