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Planning control and the politics of soft densification (2020)
Journal Article
Hickman, H., Dunning, R., & While, A. (2020). Planning control and the politics of soft densification. Town Planning Review, 91(3), 305-324. https://doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2020.17

Increasing the density of existing urban areas can support urban regeneration and environmental sustainability by limiting urban sprawl and linking housing to transport infrastructure. However, making space for 'soft densification'-small-scale increm... Read More about Planning control and the politics of soft densification.

‘The object is to change the heart and soul’: Financial incentives, planning and opposition to new housebuilding in England (2020)
Journal Article
Inch, A., Dunning, R., While, A., Hickman, H., & Payne, S. (2020). ‘The object is to change the heart and soul’: Financial incentives, planning and opposition to new housebuilding in England. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 38(4), 713-732. https://doi.org/10.1177/2399654420902149

© The Author(s) 2020. In 2014 the UK government announced plans to reduce opposition to housing development by making a direct payment to households in England. 1 This was part of a wider experiment with behavioural economics and financial inducement... Read More about ‘The object is to change the heart and soul’: Financial incentives, planning and opposition to new housebuilding in England.

‘If independence goes, the planning system goes’: New Political Governance and the English Planning Inspectorate (2020)
Journal Article
Hickman, H., & Boddy, M. (2020). ‘If independence goes, the planning system goes’: New Political Governance and the English Planning Inspectorate. Town Planning Review, 91(1), 21-45. https://doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2020.2

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.