Following the introduction of austerity measures by the coalition government in 2010, Local
Planning Authorities (LPAs) across the UK were required to take stock of those services that …

This Interface emerged from a symposium on the future of the planning profession held at
the University of Reading in September 2019. This reflected on present new challenges …

Tackling diffuse pollution from agriculture is a key challenge for governments seeking to
implement the European Union's Water Framework Directive (WFD). In the research …

This article applies the concept of “neoliberal planning” in China to explore the interactions
between planning, especially master plan adjustments, and overbuilding in Ordos City. The …

In 2014 the UK government announced plans to reduce opposition to housing development
by making a direct payment to households in England. This was part of a wider experiment …

Despite intermittent recognition of the input of private planning consultants in the UK
planning system, there remains a paucity of empirical studies into their roles and influence in …

Planning is a battleground of ideas and interests, perhaps more visibly and continuously
than ever before in the UK. These battles play out nationally and at every level, from cities to …

There have been discussions in a range of contexts of the links between spatial planning
and actions on major infrastructure. Here this relationship is framed by considering the …

The influence of private-sector consultants in most, if not all, fields of public policy is now
widely recognized. Since the concept of the 'consultocracy'(Hood and Jackson 1991, p. 24) …

Abstract The Localism Act 2011 is one of many reforms over the past few decades aimed at
English local government and its service delivery areas, with the expressed aim to empower …