Limits of Power (eBook)

The Politics of Local Planning Policy

A. Blowers (Autor)

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2017 | 1. Auflage
231 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4832-9292-2 (ISBN)

Infos

A text which focuses on the relationship of local politicians and professional planners in the planning process, adopting a conceptual framework within which a series of case studies is analysed. It shows that where power is limited or diffuse, or liable to change, policy making can be uncertain or inconsistent. The book covers a wide range of planning policy, including transportation and land development and because the author has had both academic and political experience this gives his work a unique emphasis.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
The Limits of Power: The Politics of Local Planning Policy 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 8
List of Tables 9
List of Figures 9
Preface 10
Acknowledgements 14
CHAPTER 1. The Balance of Power 16
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING 16
POLITICS 17
POWER 19
THE PLANNING POLICY-MAKING PROCESS 21
CHAPTER 2. Planners and Politicians 23
1. THE LIMITS OF PLANNING 25
2. SOURCES OF POWER 31
3. THE CONSTRAINTS ON POWER 45
CONCLUSION 52
CHAPTER 3. Profile of a County 54
TOPOGRAPHY AND ECONOMY 54
COUNTY POLITICS 57
THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES COMMITTEE 58
DISTRICT COUNCILS 60
CHAPTER 4. Politicians versus Planners — the case of fuller's earth 62
THE EXPLORATION OF MINERALS 64
FULLER'S EARTH 67
FULLER'S EARTH AT WOBURN 68
EXISTING PLANNING POLICIES 71
THE STRATEGIC ISSUE 72
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS 74
THE COUNCIL'S DECISION 77
BEFORE THE INQUIRY 79
THE PUBLIC INQUIRY 81
THE RESULT 82
IMPLICATIONS OF THE DECISION 84
THE ROLE OF THE INSPECTOR 88
CONCLUSIONS 89
CHAPTER 5. Councils in Conflict — Transport Planning in Bedford 92
THE PERIOD OF CONSENSUS 93
CONFLICT 96
THE CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES 98
DIVERGING POLICIES 100
CONFLICT OVER CAR PARKS 101
CAR PARKING — THE COMPROMISE 105
THE BEDFORD URBAN TRANSPORTATION STUDY 106
THE EVALUATION OF THE PLAN 110
REACTIONS TO THE PLAN 116
THE SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY 118
CHAPTER 6. The Politics of Land Development 125
PLANNING AND THE MARKET 125
1. NATIONAL LAND POLICY 126
2. LAND PLANNING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL 134
3. THE NATURE OF LAND DEVELOPMENT 149
CHAPTER 7. The Politics of Consensus — The Bedfordshire Structure Plan 151
THE POLITICS OF STRUCTURE PLANNING 151
THE POLITICIAN'S ROLE 153
THE STRUCTURE PLAN ADVISORY GROUP 155
ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES 156
THE LIMITS OF CONTROL 168
THE KEY ISSUES 169
RESOURCES 175
THE INFLUENCE OF EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS 177
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 183
CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION — ASSESSMENT 185
THE FINAL PLAN 186
THE EXAMINATION IN PUBLIC 188
THE LIMITS OF STRUCTURE PLANNING 192
CHAPTER 8. The Limits of Reform 195
CONCLUSIONS 195
PROSPECTS 204
Epilogue 212
Sources 218
Bibliography 220
Index 224
Other Titles in the Series 230

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.1.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 1-4832-9292-4 / 1483292924
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4832-9292-2 / 9781483292922