GOODCHILD, B. (2010). Conservative Party policy for planning: caught between the market and local communities. People Place and Policy Online, 4 (1), 19-23.
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Abstract
Whether in power or in opposition, the planning policies of the Conservative Party are caught in a tension between the free market and local communities. On one hand, the Conservatives face developers who want to simplify the planning system, speed up decision making and make sufficient land available for economic activities. All this is likely to promote a small government, deregulatory policy agenda that is, in principle at least, distinctive. On the other hand, the Conservatives face local authorities and a Conservative electorate that are keen on conserving local amenities and the local environment and that, as a result, are also keen on promoting effective systems of local consultation and effective mechanisms of development control. The tension between the market and local communities has been recurrent in Conservative planning policy since at least the 1980s and is unlikely to disappear in the near future. The tension also means, however, that Conservative proposals tend to be relatively narrow in their scope. Keywords: Conservative Party, town planning, environment.
Item Type: | Article |
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Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: | Built Environment Division Research Group |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.3351/ppp.0004.0001.0005 |
Page Range: | 19-23 |
Depositing User: | Emma Smith |
Date Deposited: | 20 Oct 2010 15:34 |
Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2021 13:32 |
URI: | https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/2608 |
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