This is the first substantial book written from first-hand
experience by a British planning practitioner, about what the
planning process is actually like in a major British city. The city
in this case is Manchester, for which authority Ted Kitchen worked
from 1979 to 1996.
The book looks at how the elements in the making of planning
decisions interact. Its primary purpose is to illuminate the
complex workings of the planning process in the real world. As well
as considering the basic tools of development plan-making and
development control used by the planning process, the author looks
at the actors - planning staff, elected members and the other main
groups of customers of the planning service - and at the major
fields of activity with which the planning process engages. These
include the need to improve the economic base of the city; the
problems of planning in the inner city; transportation issues; and
attempts to move towards more sustainable urban policies and
practices. Much of this material is controversial, and most of it
is presented in case study format. The author deals fully with
matters that show the interactions between the professional work of
the planning staff and the operation of the political process.
The book shows how processes of urban regeneration were tackled
during a period when the city of Manchester was experiencing a
renaissance in many elements of its economic life. Many of these
processes, such as the city s bids for the 1996 and 2000 Olympic
Games, were high-profile activities which strengthened the city s
image in the wider world. At the same time, the living
circumstances of many people worsened, particularly in the inner
city. Policy development struggled with this tension, as well as
with others such as the challenge to the dominant economic
regeneration model posed by the emerging issue of urban
sustainability. The author turns an insider s eye on the processes
of policymaking at work in this situation; and the planning service
is shown grappling with a difficult policy agenda and a difficult
political situation in a period of diminishing resources.
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