Housebuilding, Planning and Community Action (Routledge Revivals) - Softcover

Short, John R.; Fleming, Stephen; Witt, Stephen J. G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367772035 ISBN 13: 9780367772031

Publisher: Routledge, 2023

Synopsis

First published in 1986, Housebuilding, Planning and Community Action was written as an examination of the conflicts and tensions resulting from private sector housing growth in Central Berkshire, part of Britain’s ‘Silicon Valley’ along the M4 motorway.

The book provides a detailed consideration of the various ‘actors’ and their interactions and explores the fight from Community groups and parish councils to halt development, in opposition to the government’s reluctance to discourage economic growth. It focuses on four groups closely involved in the production, allocation, and consumption of new housing: speculative housebuilders, local planning authorities, parish councils, and community/residents’ groups. The motivations and actions of each group are examined, and the tensions between them are highlighted, set within the context of central government attitudes towards planning and private housebuilding.

Housebuilding, Planning and Community Action has lasting relevance for those interested in human geography, and the history of housebuilding and planning.

About this title

About the Author

John R. Short, Stephen Fleming, and Stephen Witt

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367772035
• ISBN 13: 9780367772031
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 330