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The demise of strategic planning? the impact of the abolition of Regional Spatial Strategy in a growth region (2013)
Journal Article
Boddy, M., & Hickman, H. (2013). The demise of strategic planning? the impact of the abolition of Regional Spatial Strategy in a growth region. Town Planning Review, 84(6), 743-768. https://doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2013.38

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.

Densification "douce": Les leçons de l'Angleterre et de l'application du paradigme de la ville compacte
Book Chapter
Bibby, P., Halleux, J., Dunning, R., Henneberry, J., Hickman, H., Taylor-Buck, N., & Ferrari, E. (2018). Densification "douce": Les leçons de l'Angleterre et de l'application du paradigme de la ville compacte. In J. Léger, & B. Mariolle (Eds.), Densifier/Dédensifier. Les campagnes urbaines. France: Editions Parenthèses

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

‘If independence goes, the planning system goes’: New political governance and the English planning inspectorate
Working Paper
Hickman, H., & Boddy, M. ‘If independence goes, the planning system goes’: New political governance and the English planning inspectorate

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.

Examining neighbourhood plans in England: The experience so far
Working Paper
Parker, G., Salter, K., & Hickman, H. (2017). Examining neighbourhood plans in England: The experience so far

The planning system in England has undergone serial and far-reaching reforms over the past two decades with a number of notable changes reflecting a drive to speed-up planning, rescale it and look towards the neighbourhood as a unit of planning gove... Read More about Examining neighbourhood plans in England: The experience so far.

Experiments in the re-financialisation of english planning: The new homes bonus
Presentation / Conference
While, A., Inch, A., & Hickman, H. Experiments in the re-financialisation of english planning: The new homes bonus. Paper presented at UK/Ireland Planning Research Conference hosted in Sheffield

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