AbstractThis paper describes a planning model developed for an English local authority to help take into account the constraint of limited financial resources associated with physical planning decisions such as slum clearance, housing development and town centre redevelopment. Physical planning assumptions and decision inputs are incorporated into a model of the local authority environment having as major variables population, housing and employment. Each of the local authority services is represented separately and the majority are functions of these key variables. Service levels, where possible, and expenditures are projected and compared with a total resources projection to determine overall financial viability. Examples of the model's application are given.