All Outputs (71)

‘If independence goes, the planning system goes’: New Political Governance and the English Planning Inspectorate (2020)
Journal Article

Radical restructuring of 'arms-length' government bodies following the 2010 UK national election signalled a change in relations between government and the civil service. This was seen as a major shift in modes of governance from 'new public manageme... Read More about ‘If independence goes, the planning system goes’: New Political Governance and the English Planning Inspectorate.

The local state: theory and practice. Papers from a conference held on 6 December 1980. (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A collection of three main papers (abstracted separately) and eight workshop reports devoted to different areas of practice: planning, housing, personal social services, education, inner city, health services, state workers, local economic policy. Th... Read More about The local state: theory and practice. Papers from a conference held on 6 December 1980..

“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 '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.

'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

Planning for growth: Planning reform and the Cambridge Phenomenon (2014)
Preprint / Working Paper

Planning for growth: Stakeholder views on prospects for growth in the Cambridge sub-region under localism (2014)
Report

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.

Stakeholder views on the impact on the West of England of the abolition of the SW Regional Spatial Strategy and of the emerging National Planning Policy Framework (2012)
Report

Stakeholder views on the impact on the West of England of the abolition of the SW Regional Spatial Strategy and the emerging national planning framework: Final report (2012)
Report

Productivity in Wales: analysis of the impacts of peripherality on spatial patterns of productivity (2010)
Report

City center housing in the UK: Prospects and policy challenges in a changing housing market (2010)
Journal Article

From the late 1990s, the city centers of English provincial cities have experienced significant amounts of new private sector housing development, mainly in the form of high-density flats. This new housing development was seen as a key component of t... Read More about City center housing in the UK: Prospects and policy challenges in a changing housing market.

The evidence base for regional and sub-regional strategy: Making the research/policy interface work (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

South West business engagement with international trade (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Meeting the productivity challenge in SW England (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Economic dynamics and intervention in the West of England (2007)
Report

Report prepared for South West of England Regional Development Agency

Designer neighbourhoods: New-build residential development in nonmetropolitan UK cities - The case of Bristol (2007)
Journal Article

New-build city-centre residential development in the UK has increasingly been identified as a form of 'third-wave' or 'postrecession' gentrification. The aim of this paper is, first, to extent our understanding of new, developer-led, residential deve... Read More about Designer neighbourhoods: New-build residential development in nonmetropolitan UK cities - The case of Bristol.

The knowledge economy, productivity and rural economic performance in the South West of England (2007)
Report

Report prepared for South West of England Regional Development Agency

Export performance of South West businesses: Measuring and improving the impact of public intervention on regional exports (2007)
Report

Report prepared for the South West of England Regional Development Agency.

Securing economic growth within environmental limits (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution