'Measure twice, cut once' - revisiting the strength and impact of local planning regulation of housing development in England

Glen Bramley; David Watkins

doi:10.1068/b39131

'Measure twice, cut once' - revisiting the strength and impact of local planning regulation of housing development in England

Glen Bramley
, David Watkins

School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society

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Abstract

There has been growing interest in the impact of land-use regulation and
planning on housing development and markets, and a consequent search for quantified measures of their extent and efficacy. Nevertheless, despite the UK having a long-established and comprehensive planning system, this kind of quantitative analysis of system performance has been limited. This paper assembles and reports on a set of local level measures for England for the late 2000s and assesses their effectiveness in predicting the key flow-of-consents measure and actual housing development. The pattern of restrictiveness is assessed against broad sustainability criteria including urban settlement
structure, economic growth potential, and housing affordability and need. We also assess recent changes and the potential impact of a major system change towards more localised planning decision making.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	863-884
Number of pages	23
Journal	Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design
Volume	41
Issue number	5
Early online date	14 Apr 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1068/b39131
Publication status	Published - Oct 2014

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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 15 Life on Land

Keywords

planning
Housing
restrictiveness measures
localisation
England

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'Measure twice, cut once' - revisiting the strength and impact of local planning regulation of housing development in England

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