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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.

Profit or public service? Tensions and alignment in private planning practice (2023)
Journal Article
Sturzaker, J., & Hickman, H. (in press). Profit or public service? Tensions and alignment in private planning practice. Planning Practice and Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2023.2182027

The growth of employment opportunities for planners working in the private sector has resulted in a rapid change in the composition of the planning profession in the UK, with over 40% of Royal Town Planning Institute members now employed in private p... Read More about Profit or public service? Tensions and alignment in private planning practice.

What planners can learn from geography or what geographers have overlooked about planning (2023)
Journal Article
Hickman, H. (2023). What planners can learn from geography or what geographers have overlooked about planning. Dialogues in Human Geography, 13(1), 39-43. https://doi.org/10.1177/20438206221144837

As fields equally concerned with the production of space and place, geographers and planners are engaged in understanding the compact city both as a concept and as a built and lived reality. In response to Haarstad et al.'s renewed agenda for researc... Read More about What planners can learn from geography or what geographers have overlooked about planning.

Housing and the politics of Nationally Strategic Infrastructure Planning in England (2022)
Journal Article
Hickman, H., & While, A. (2023). Housing and the politics of Nationally Strategic Infrastructure Planning in England. Land Use Policy, 124, Article 106429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106429

The 2008 Planning Act introduced a new approach for determining large (‘nationally significant’) infrastructure projects in a new national process that would unify consent regimes and speed up decisions within fixed timescales outside of local planni... Read More about Housing and the politics of Nationally Strategic Infrastructure Planning in England.

On beauty (2022)
Journal Article
Foroughmand Araabi, H., Hickman, H., & McClymont, K. (2022). On beauty. Planning Theory and Practice, 23(4), 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649357.2022.2113613

“Beauty,” a term that almost defies definition, can be highly emotive in its use: more emotive, we posit, than many other commonplace terms used to frame thinking about the future of space and place. Thus, the relationship between beauty, decision ma... Read More about On beauty.

The whittling away of wonderful ideas (2021)
Journal Article
Hickman, H., Croft, N., McClymont, K., Sheppard, A., & Foroughmand-Araabi, H. (2021). The whittling away of wonderful ideas. Town and Country Planning -London- Town and Country Planning Association-, July / August 2021, 242-248

They know they can get away with it’: Housing development, divergent goals and the limits to trust (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Hickman, H., & McClymont, K. (2021, April). They know they can get away with it’: Housing development, divergent goals and the limits to trust. Presented at Housing Studies Association Conference 2021, Online

Presentation to stimulate a panel discussion at the Housing Studies Association Conference 2021 on issues of trust between local authorities and housing developers.

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.

Planners of the future, planning for the future? (2019)
Journal Article
Hickman, H., McClymont, K., & Sheppard, A. (2019). Planners of the future, planning for the future?

This article considers the potential mismatch between the aspirations of planners in education and the realities of practice.

Governance and territory: Comparative responses to growth in Cambridge and Oxford (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Hickman, H., & Valler, D. (2018, July). Governance and territory: Comparative responses to growth in Cambridge and Oxford. Paper presented at AESOP Congress 2018, Gothenburg, Sweden

Conference paper on divergent policy styles and the management of major economic and housing growth in both Cambridge and Oxford sub-regions.

“Between a rock and a hard place”: Planning reform, localism and the role of the planning inspectorate in England (2018)
Journal Article
Boddy, M., & Hickman, H. (2018). “Between a rock and a hard place”: Planning reform, localism and the role of the planning inspectorate in England. Planning Theory and Practice, 19(2), 198-217. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649357.2018.1456083

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 truth about 'soft densification' (2017)
Journal Article
Henneberry, J., Hickman, H., & Dunning, R. (2017). The truth about 'soft densification'

A blog piece for the RTPI on research about the impact of soft-densification on urban areas.

Combined authorities: Signs of success (2017)
Report
Hickman, H., & While, A. (2017). Combined authorities: Signs of success

A research report into the early successes and challenges of the newly formed Combined Authorities.

Examiners examined: Deliberative practice and the neighbourhood planning examiner (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Hickman, H., Parker, G., & Salter, K. (2017, September). Examiners examined: Deliberative practice and the neighbourhood planning examiner. Paper presented at UK/Ireland Planning Research Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Conference paper exploring the role of the neighbourhood planning examiner and the challenges and contradictions for examiners operating in a deliberative practice space but with constrained statutory role.

The new politics of soft-densification (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Hickman, H., Dunning, R., & while, A. (2017, September). The new politics of soft-densification. Paper presented at UK/Ireland Planning Research Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Conference paper presenting research undertaken for PUCA (an agency of the French Government) exploring the incidence of and impact of soft-densification (small scale development) in England between 2001-2011. It includes two case studies of Ealing (... Read More about The new politics of soft-densification.

Attitudinal research on financial payments to reduce opposition to new homes (2017)
Report
Henneberry, J., While, A., Hickman, H., & Inch, A. (2017). Attitudinal research on financial payments to reduce opposition to new homes

A report commissioned by the UK Department for Communities and Local Government into the role of financial payments in reducing opposition to new homes.

Effective national infrastructure: Balancing detail and flexibility – through planning to delivery (2017)
Report
Hickman, H., & Mitchell, K. (2017). Effective national infrastructure: Balancing detail and flexibility – through planning to delivery

A report produced for the National Infrastructure Planning Association on optimising the balance between the level of detail required in the process for consenting national infrastructure projects, with the need for flexibility at the project deliver... Read More about Effective national infrastructure: Balancing detail and flexibility – through planning to delivery.

Caution: examinations in progress - the operation of neighbourhood plan examinations in England (2016)
Journal Article
Parker, G., Salter, K., & Hickman, H. (2016). Caution: examinations in progress - the operation of neighbourhood plan examinations in England. Town and Country Planning -London- Town and Country Planning Association-, 516-522

Gavin Parker, Kat Salter and Hannah Hickman look at what experience to date tells us about how the examination stage in the neighbourhood plan production process is being undertaken, and the issues and associated questions emerging from that experien... Read More about Caution: examinations in progress - the operation of neighbourhood plan examinations in England.

The English experience of soft densification (les expériences anglaises en matière de densification douce). Phase II draft report (2016)
Report
Bibby, P., Dunning, R., Ferrari, E., Halleux, J., Henneberry, J., Hickman, H., …while, A. (2016). The English experience of soft densification (les expériences anglaises en matière de densification douce). Phase II draft report

This report is the second phase of research into the English Experience of Soft Densification and builds upon the quantitative data analysis undertaken in phase I. Adopting an intensive qualitative case study approach two local authorities, the Londo... Read More about The English experience of soft densification (les expériences anglaises en matière de densification douce). Phase II draft report.

The 'Cambridge Phenomenon' and the challenge of planning reform (2016)
Journal Article
Boddy, M., & Hickman, H. (2016). The 'Cambridge Phenomenon' and the challenge of planning reform. Town Planning Review, 87(1), 31-52. https://doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2016.6

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
Hickman, H., & Boddy, M. (2015, September). '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?’. Paper presented at Policy & Politics Conference on Democracy, Inequality & Power, Bristol, England

Paper to the Policy and Politics Conference, September 2015

Housing – nationally significant infrastructure? (2015)
Other
Hickman, H., & While, A. (2015). Housing – nationally significant infrastructure?

Research report commissioned by law firm Bond Dickinson and Quod Planning to explore the potential role of the consenting regime for National Infrastructure Planning to deliver large scale housing schemes.

The impact of the new homes bonus on attitudes and behaviours (2014)
Report
Dunning, R., Inch, A., Payne, S., Watkins, C., While, A., Hickman, H., & Valler, D. (2014). The impact of the new homes bonus on attitudes and behaviours

An evaluation of the impact of the New Homes Bonus on attitudes towards new house building, carried out for the Department of Communities and Local Government.

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.

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.

‘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.

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.

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.