The exercise of power to limit the development of new housing in the English countryside

Sturzaker, John ORCID: 0000-0002-3922-2677 (2010) The exercise of power to limit the development of new housing in the English countryside. ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING A, 42 (4). pp. 1001-1016.

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Abstract

<jats:p> The author argues that power is being exercised by rural elites to prevent much-needed new housing being built in the English countryside. Evidence is presented from five case-study local authorities in rural England, via analysis of interview data and policy documents produced at the regional and local plan-making level. Technocratic explanations for the ongoing failure of the planning system to deliver more housing in line with the well-established need/demand for such are rejected. Drawing on the three dimensions of power presented by Lukes, the author explores how the exercise of power effectively subverts planning processes and leads overwhelmingly to decisions being made which favour the exclusionary preferences of certain groups. </jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This paper argues that power is being exercised by rural elites to prevent much needed new housing being built in the English countryside. Evidence is presented from five case study local authorities in rural England, via analysis of interview data and policy documents produced at the regional and local plan-making level. The paper rejects technocratic explanations for the ongoing failure of the planning system to deliver more housing in line with the well established need/demand for such. Drawing on the three dimensions of power presented by Lukes (1974, 2005), the paper explores how the exercise of power effectively subverts planning processes and leads overwhelmingly to decisions being made which favour the exclusionary preferences of certain groups.## TULIP Type: Articles/Papers (Journal) ##
Uncontrolled Keywords:	planning, affordable housing, lukes, power
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	16 Jun 2016 16:05
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 07:35
DOI:	10.1068/a42297
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3001718