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Understanding the Impacts of Deregulation in Planning : Turning Offices into Homes?, Paperback / softback Book

Understanding the Impacts of Deregulation in Planning : Turning Offices into Homes? Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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In England, it has been possible since 2013 to convert an office building into residential use without needing planning permission (as has been required since 1948).

This book explores the consequences of this central government driven deregulation on local communities.

The policy decision was primarily about boosting the supply of housing, but reflects a broader neoliberal ideology which seeks to reform public planning in many countries to reduce perceived interference in free markets.

Drawing on original research in the English local authorities of Camden, Croydon, Leeds, Leicester and Reading, the book provides a case study of the implementation of planning deregulation which demonstrates the lowering of standards in housing quality, the reduced ability of the local state to proactively steer development and plan for their places, and the transfer of wealth from the public to private spheres that has resulted.

Comparative case studies from Glasgow and Rotterdam call into question the very need for the deregulation in the first place.

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