Monthly Archives: August 2018
Public support for Green Belt: common rights in countryside access and recreation
Public support for Green Belt is legendary. It is unquestionably the most popular planning policy, and perhaps the only one that is readily recognised and fiercely defended. This passionate support is often dismissed as sentiment or as an attachment to a … Continue reading
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The use of direct democracy to decide housing site allocations in English neighbourhoods
In this new paper I want to investigate the use of direct democracy to decide the location of new housing in England as part of a suite of participatory practices known as neighbourhood planning. I am not satisfied with the way … Continue reading
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