All Outputs (41)

Planners of the future, planning for the future? (2019)
Journal Article

This article considers the potential mismatch between the aspirations of planners in education and the realities of practice.

Densification "douce": Les leçons de l'Angleterre et de l'application du paradigme de la ville compacte (2018)
Book Chapter

Chapter on lessons learnt from the English experience of soft-densification, to reflect on opportunities for greater densification of cities in France.

Governance and territory: Comparative responses to growth in Cambridge and Oxford (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Conference paper on divergent policy styles and the management of major economic and housing growth in both Cambridge and Oxford sub-regions.

“Between a rock and a hard place”: Planning reform, localism and the role of the planning inspectorate in England (2018)
Journal Article

Like many European countries, England saw the establishment in the late 1990s and early twenty-first century of regional-scale spatial planning. Radical reform of English planning following the Localism Act 2011 however saw the whole intermediate tie... Read More about “Between a rock and a hard place”: Planning reform, localism and the role of the planning inspectorate in England.

The truth about 'soft densification' (2017)
Journal Article

A blog piece for the RTPI on research about the impact of soft-densification on urban areas.

Combined authorities: Signs of success (2017)
Report

A research report into the early successes and challenges of the newly formed Combined Authorities.

The new politics of soft-densification (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Conference paper presenting research undertaken for PUCA (an agency of the French Government) exploring the incidence of and impact of soft-densification (small scale development) in England between 2001-2011. It includes two case studies of Ealing (... Read More about The new politics of soft-densification.

Examiners examined: Deliberative practice and the neighbourhood planning examiner (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Conference paper exploring the role of the neighbourhood planning examiner and the challenges and contradictions for examiners operating in a deliberative practice space but with constrained statutory role.

Attitudinal research on financial payments to reduce opposition to new homes (2017)
Report

A report commissioned by the UK Department for Communities and Local Government into the role of financial payments in reducing opposition to new homes.

Effective national infrastructure: Balancing detail and flexibility – through planning to delivery (2017)
Report

A report produced for the National Infrastructure Planning Association on optimising the balance between the level of detail required in the process for consenting national infrastructure projects, with the need for flexibility at the project deliver... Read More about Effective national infrastructure: Balancing detail and flexibility – through planning to delivery.

Caution: examinations in progress - the operation of neighbourhood plan examinations in England (2016)
Journal Article

Gavin Parker, Kat Salter and Hannah Hickman look at what experience to date tells us about how the examination stage in the neighbourhood plan production process is being undertaken, and the issues and associated questions emerging from that experien... Read More about Caution: examinations in progress - the operation of neighbourhood plan examinations in England.

The 'Cambridge Phenomenon' and the challenge of planning reform (2016)
Journal Article

The 'Cambridge Phenomenon' has achieved global recognition as an exemplar of economic success. After decades of post-war planning restraint, a major shift in the strategic planning framework saw the city region enthusiastically backing future growth.... Read More about The 'Cambridge Phenomenon' and the challenge of planning reform.

The English experience of soft densification (les expériences anglaises en matière de densification douce). Phase II draft report (2016)
Report

This report is the second phase of research into the English Experience of Soft Densification and builds upon the quantitative data analysis undertaken in phase I. Adopting an intensive qualitative case study approach two local authorities, the Londo... Read More about The English experience of soft densification (les expériences anglaises en matière de densification douce). Phase II draft report.

'Between a rock and a hard place: what can England’s Planning Inspectorate tell us about democracy, power and the realities of localism under the Coalition Government and beyond?’ (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Paper to the Policy and Politics Conference, September 2015

Housing – nationally significant infrastructure? (2015)
Other

Research report commissioned by law firm Bond Dickinson and Quod Planning to explore the potential role of the consenting regime for National Infrastructure Planning to deliver large scale housing schemes.

The impact of the new homes bonus on attitudes and behaviours (2014)
Report

An evaluation of the impact of the New Homes Bonus on attitudes towards new house building, carried out for the Department of Communities and Local Government.

The demise of strategic planning? the impact of the abolition of Regional Spatial Strategy in a growth region (2013)
Journal Article

Strategic planning has long been at the heart of the post-war statutory planning framework. From 1968, this took the form of structure plans. In 2004, however, these were replaced by Regional Spatial Strategies (RSS). Then in May 2010, the Conservati... Read More about The demise of strategic planning? the impact of the abolition of Regional Spatial Strategy in a growth region.

Experiments in the re-financialisation of english planning: The new homes bonus
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Analysis of the impact of the New Homes Bones on the decision making and behaviour of local authorities on planning for housing.

‘If independence goes, the planning system goes’: New political governance and the English planning inspectorate
Preprint / Working Paper

This paper reviews empirical evidence from interviews with forty professionals, of increased central control over the Planning Inspectorate, an executive agency of the UK Government. It highlights the acute tensions for inspectors and the planning sy... Read More about ‘If independence goes, the planning system goes’: New political governance and the English planning inspectorate.

Briefing note: Neighbourhood planning examinations
Preprint / Working Paper

A briefing note on research in progress on the role of neighbourhood plan examination.