Following the Thatcher and Major administrations there was an
apparent renaissance of planning under New Labour. After a slow
start in which Labour s view of planning owed more to a
neo-liberal, rolled back state model reminiscent of the New Right
the Government began to appreciate that many of its wider
objectives including economic development, climate change,
democratic renewal, social justice and housing affordability
intersected with and were critically dependent upon the planning
system.
A wide range of initiatives, management processes, governance
vehicles and policy documents emanated from Government. Planning,
like other areas of the public sector, was to be reformed and
modernised as well as given a prime role in tackling national, high
profile priorities such as increasing housing supply and improving
economic competitiveness. Drawing upon an institutionalist
framework the book also seeks to understand how and in what
circumstances change emerges, either in an evolutionary or
punctuated way. It will, for the first time, chart and explore the
changing nature of development and planning over the Labour era
whilst also stepping back and reflecting upon what such changes
mean for planning generally and the likely future trajectories of
reform and spatial governance.
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