Wargent, M. and Parker, G. (2018) Re-imagining neighbourhood governance: the future of neighbourhood planning in England. Town Planning Review, 89 (4). pp. 379-402. ISSN 0041-0020
Abstract
Neighbourhood planning is arguably the most radical innovation in UK local governance in a generation, with over 2,200 communities in England now involved in statutory development planning at the neighbourhood level. Following incremental policy reforms, we argue that neighbourhood planning has reached a critical juncture where the future of the initiative is at stake. In this paper we reflect on existing research to assess the policy to date before imagining what an optimised version of the policy might look like. Despite being a state-led initiative, central government has failed to provide an image of success for neighbourhood planning which we argue has held back widespread innovation and progressive participation. We therefore outline a normative guide against which future iterations of neighbourhood planning might be assessed, and employ this in order to imagine a more comprehensive form of neighbourhood governance.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Liverpool University Press. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Town Planning Review. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | neighbourhood planning; participation; community; governance; localism; collaborative democracy |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Urban Studies & Planning (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 20 Feb 2018 11:53 |
Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2020 00:39 |
Published Version: | htps://doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2018.23 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Liverpool University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3828/tpr.2018.23 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:127742 |