All Outputs (8)

‘Do we really want these changes?’ Power, conflict, and ‘best practice’ in community planning (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This research was a collaborative project between Up Our Street (https://upourstreet.org.uk/) and the Department of Geography and Environmental Management, UWE funded and supported by the Community University Partnership Initiative, which is part of... Read More about ‘Do we really want these changes?’ Power, conflict, and ‘best practice’ in community planning.

Credibility in the absence of legitimacy (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation considers the motivations for those who chose to live beyond
‘the system’; outside of mainstream regulated society and, particularly, formal town and country
planning frameworks. The paper presents research which compares the moti... Read More about Credibility in the absence of legitimacy.

Micro scale health decision making and the challenge of the policy and regulatory construct (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Regulatory reform and the emergence of micro scale and targeted policy in England has created the potential to manage the number and distribution of fast-food takeaways (and, arguably, uses including casinos, ‘pay-day loan’ shops, and bookmakers), bu... Read More about Micro scale health decision making and the challenge of the policy and regulatory construct.

Law and disorder: Permitted development rights and the loss of proportionate control (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Conservative led coalition government in the UK identified regulation management as a key priority and intended to simplify and address the complexity in the system. From the perspective of Development Management a paradox has emerged however; th... Read More about Law and disorder: Permitted development rights and the loss of proportionate control.

Fit for purpose? Planning and food production in the peri-urban space (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A recent British Council project highlighted the important role that local food production can play in addressing climate change. But is our planning system capable supporting strategies to encourage small scale and community food production, especia... Read More about Fit for purpose? Planning and food production in the peri-urban space.

Neighbourhood planning and development management: Evolutionary localism (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Neighbourhood planning and Development Management: Evolutionary Localism

The spatial planning approach has become accepted as the progressive theoretical and professional currency in England following the 2004 Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act.... Read More about Neighbourhood planning and development management: Evolutionary localism.

Delivering homes and infrastructure through incentivisation: The role of the growth points agenda and the New Homes Bonus (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Delivering homes and infrastructure through incentivisation: the role of the growth points agenda and the New Homes Bonus

The formation of the Coalition Government has led to a dramatic change in the operation and promotion of governance, the mana... Read More about Delivering homes and infrastructure through incentivisation: The role of the growth points agenda and the New Homes Bonus.

Diversity and Convergence: Planning in a World of Change (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution