EconPapers    
Economics at your fingertips  
 

Planning for Subterranean Residential Development in the UK

John McCarthy and Ross Kilgour

Planning Practice & Research, 2011, vol. 26, issue 1, 71-94

Abstract: There has been a significant growth in the number of subterranean residential developments over the past 10 years in the UK, particularly within London. While they may present little visible evidence above ground, such developments can have significant impacts on sustainability, amenity and environmental quality. Nevertheless, few local planning authorities have developed specific policies in response to such developments. This article outlines the results and implications of research that investigated the approach of four London local planning authorities to such development, with a particular focus on the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, which has developed more detailed policy for subterranean development than any other authority. The article suggests that more effective outcomes for sustainability, amenity and environmental quality could be achieved by more general application of policy for subterranean development, with implications also for contexts outside the UK.

Date: 2011
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/02697459.2011.542061 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:cpprxx:v:26:y:2011:i:1:p:71-94

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.tandfonline.com/pricing/journal/cppr20

DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2011.542061

Access Statistics for this article

Planning Practice & Research is currently edited by Vincent Nadin

More articles in Planning Practice & Research from Taylor & Francis Journals
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Chris Longhurst ().

 
Page updated 2025-03-20
Handle: RePEc:taf:cpprxx:v:26:y:2011:i:1:p:71-94