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The role of local planning authorities in delivering brownfield land - case study reports (2023)
Working Paper
Hickman, H., McClymont, K., Fouad, Z., Hall, S., King, L., & Windermer, R. The role of local planning authorities in delivering brownfield land - case study reports

The Planning Advisory Service commissioned the University of West of England (UWE) to research the role that Local Planning Authorities (LPA) can play in delivering housing-led development on brownfield land. The research resulted in a set of case st... Read More about The role of local planning authorities in delivering brownfield land - case study reports.

Housing affordability in the South West of England (2023)
Report
Sinnett, D., Fouad, Z., McClymont, K., Hickman, H., Loveday, C., Hall, S., …Lamond, J. (2023). Housing affordability in the South West of England. https://homesforthesouthwest.co.uk: Homes for the South West

The South West faces acute problems of housing affordability. The region is conspicuously less affordable than England as a whole, and the North and Midlands in particular. These inter-regional disparities are becoming progressively more pronounced.... Read More about Housing affordability in the South West of England.

Local agency for the public purpose? Dissecting and evaluating the emerging discourses of municipal entrepreneurship in the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Barnett, N., Griggs, S., Hall, S., & Howarth, D. (2022). Local agency for the public purpose? Dissecting and evaluating the emerging discourses of municipal entrepreneurship in the UK. Local Government Studies, 48(5), 907-928. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2021.1988935

This article explores the contested politics and interpretations of the new practices of municipal entrepreneurship across local government in the UK. Drawing on empirical evidence from six case studies of entrepreneurship in local councils, descript... Read More about Local agency for the public purpose? Dissecting and evaluating the emerging discourses of municipal entrepreneurship in the UK.

Bristol Green Capital Partnership: An exemplar of reflexive governance for sustainable urban development? (2020)
Journal Article
Ersoy, A., & Hall, S. (2020). Bristol Green Capital Partnership: An exemplar of reflexive governance for sustainable urban development?. Town Planning Review, 91(4), 397-413. https://doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2020.23

The theory of ‘reflexive governance’ prioritises process over outcomes and advocates participatory procedures, valorising multiple sources of knowledge, mutual learning and continuous evolution of organisational forms. Through the lens of reflexive g... Read More about Bristol Green Capital Partnership: An exemplar of reflexive governance for sustainable urban development?.

Characterizing and evaluating rival discourses of the ‘sustainable city’: Towards a politics of pragmatic adversarialism (2017)
Journal Article
Griggs, S., Hall, S., Howarth, D., & Seigenuret, N. (2017). Characterizing and evaluating rival discourses of the ‘sustainable city’: Towards a politics of pragmatic adversarialism. Political Geography, 59, 36-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2017.02.007

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd For many, shifting economic and social contexts have created the conditions for a radical reappraisal of the orthodox image of the ‘sustainable city'. However, in assessing such potentialities, there is insufficient knowledge abou... Read More about Characterizing and evaluating rival discourses of the ‘sustainable city’: Towards a politics of pragmatic adversarialism.

Entre état et marche: Une brève histoire de la régénération urbaine en Angleterre (Between state and market : A brief history of urban regeneration in England) (2015)
Book Chapter
Hall, S. (2015). Entre état et marche: Une brève histoire de la régénération urbaine en Angleterre (Between state and market : A brief history of urban regeneration in England). In T. Kirszbaum (Ed.), En finir avec les banlieues? Le désenchantement de la politique de la ville (117-129). Paris: Les Editions de l’aube

Plant closures and taskforce responses: An analysis of the impact of and policy response to MG Rover in Birmingham (2014)
Journal Article
Bailey, D., Bentley, G., de Ruyter, A., & Hall, S. (2014). Plant closures and taskforce responses: An analysis of the impact of and policy response to MG Rover in Birmingham. Regional Studies, Regional Science, 1(1), 60-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2014.899477

© 2014 The Author(s). This paper explores the socio-economic impacts and associated policy responses to the collapse of MG Rover at Longbridge in Birmingham. Critically, it attempts to move beyond a ‘standard’ taskforce narrative that emphasizes the... Read More about Plant closures and taskforce responses: An analysis of the impact of and policy response to MG Rover in Birmingham.

Balancing growth and sustainability in employment land provision: Institutionalist perspectives on the homogeneity of planning policy and practice in England (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Hall, S., & Smith, I. (2013, September). Balancing growth and sustainability in employment land provision: Institutionalist perspectives on the homogeneity of planning policy and practice in England. Paper presented at UK Ireland Planning Research Conference ‘Healthy Communities, Hopeful Places: In defence of planning’, Bristol, Uk

Industrial closure, regional development and local planning: Multiple narratives of change from the experience of Longbridge, Birmingham (2013)
Journal Article
Hall, S. (2013). Industrial closure, regional development and local planning: Multiple narratives of change from the experience of Longbridge, Birmingham. Local Economy, 28(5), 499-511. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094213483968

This article provides a critique of the policy response to the closure, in 2005, of the MG Rover factory in Longbridge, Birmingham. To date, the Longbridge 'narrative' has been dominated by the work of the Labour Government's MG Rover Task Force to s... Read More about Industrial closure, regional development and local planning: Multiple narratives of change from the experience of Longbridge, Birmingham.

Enterprise Zones and Zones Franches Urbaines: A critique of area-based fiscal incentives and regeneration in England and France (2013)
Journal Article
Chignier-Riboulon, F., & Hall, S. (2013). Enterprise Zones and Zones Franches Urbaines: A critique of area-based fiscal incentives and regeneration in England and France. Urban Research and Practice, 6(2), 123-139. https://doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2013.808434

This paper provides a critical commentary on area-based fiscal incentives and regeneration in Europe, focusing on Enterprise Zones (EZs) in Britain and zones franches urbaines (ZFUs) in France. It, thus, counters the trans-Atlantic comparative bias o... Read More about Enterprise Zones and Zones Franches Urbaines: A critique of area-based fiscal incentives and regeneration in England and France.

Lesson (un)learning in spatially targeted fiscal incentive policy: Enterprise Zones (England) and Empowerment Zones (United States) (2013)
Journal Article
Squires, G., & Hall, S. (2013). Lesson (un)learning in spatially targeted fiscal incentive policy: Enterprise Zones (England) and Empowerment Zones (United States). Land Use Policy, 33, 81-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.12.010

There is a need to learn lessons when using spatially targeted fiscal experiments if intervention is to generate wider developmental benefit. This paper focuses on the Enterprise Zone concept in the UK (1981-2007) and an exported variant to the US, t... Read More about Lesson (un)learning in spatially targeted fiscal incentive policy: Enterprise Zones (England) and Empowerment Zones (United States).

Planning for industrial closure: Lessons from the experience of Longbridge, Birmingham (2012)
Journal Article
Hall, S. (2012). Planning for industrial closure: Lessons from the experience of Longbridge, Birmingham. Urban Research and Practice, 5(1), 175-179. https://doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2012.656462

This article provides a case study of the policy response to the closure of the MG Rover car factory in Birmingham in 2005. This article records how this response evolved over time from one focused on regional industrial policy, built on a coalition... Read More about Planning for industrial closure: Lessons from the experience of Longbridge, Birmingham.

Localism and spatial planning: Lessons from France (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Devereux, M., & Hall, S. (2011, September). Localism and spatial planning: Lessons from France. Paper presented at UK – Ireland Annual Planning Research Conference ‘Planning Resilient Communities in Challenging Times’, Birmingham, UK

Resident participation in housing regeneration in France (2011)
Journal Article
Hall, S., & Hickman, P. (2011). Resident participation in housing regeneration in France. Housing Studies, 26(6), 827-843. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2011.593127

The involvement of local residents in housing regeneration policy and practice has become a 'new orthodoxy' across Western Europe. This paper considers the experience of France, a country noted for its history of 'third sector' activism and innovativ... Read More about Resident participation in housing regeneration in France.