The Role of Planning in Housing Design: Design Implications of Land-Use Management

Harry Smith, Soledad Garcia Ferrari and Paul Jenkins
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Harry Smith: School of the Built Environment, Sir Edwin Chadwick Building, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, Scotland
Soledad Garcia Ferrari: Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9DF, Scotland
Paul Jenkins: School of the Built Environment, Sir William Arrol Building, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, Scotland and Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9DF, Scotland

Environment and Planning C, 2011, vol. 29, issue 3, 502-519

Abstract: On the basis of findings from a recent project looking at the status of design in the private sector house-building industry in Scotland, commissioned by the Scottish Government, we explore connections between housing design and wider planning department responsibilities including land-use planning and management. We conclude that a broad conception of design is required in order to understand the influences that land-use planning and management have on approaches that house-builders have to housing design, as well as on the outcomes. We consider the current drive to strengthen design skills in planning departments—including in relation to housing design issues—and argue that, in addition to this, a more widely embedded understanding of the design implications of land-use planning and management decisions on the housing development process is needed in order to contribute to optimising conditions for good design.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1068/c1029

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