The Changing Role of the Development Plan in Managing Spatial Change

A Hull and G Vigar
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A Hull: Centre for Research in European Urban Environments, Department of Town and Country Planning, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, England
G Vigar: School of the Built Environment, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds LS1 3HE, England

Environment and Planning C, 1998, vol. 16, issue 4, 379-394

Abstract: The authors examine the role of development plans in managing spatial change, The impact of the enhanced status of the development plan in the UK context is assessed with the aid of research material drawn from detailed case studies in Lancashire and Kent. Two governance ‘episodes’ are highlighted: a highly structured game within the mainstream planning system; and an innovative private-sector-led approach to planning for an area with the potential for rapid change. By means of these two illustrations the authors indicate the importance of the processes of development-plan preparation in the local context, the political tensions inherent to the land-use planning system in managing growth, and explore notions of plans being a store of local consensus about future spatial change.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1068/c160379

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