Housebuilding, Planning and Community Action: The Production and Negotiation of the Built Environment

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.

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Housebuilding, Planning and Community Action: The Production and Negotiation of the Built Environment

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.

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Housebuilding, Planning and Community Action: The Production and Negotiation of the Built Environment

Housebuilding, Planning and Community Action: The Production and Negotiation of the Built Environment

Housebuilding, Planning and Community Action: The Production and Negotiation of the Built Environment

Housebuilding, Planning and Community Action: The Production and Negotiation of the Built Environment

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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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781000384468
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 10/07/2021
Series: Routledge Revivals
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 330
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

John R. Short, Stephen Fleming, and Stephen Witt

Table of Contents

1: Introduction; 2: The Circumstances; 3: The Housebuilders; 4: The Local Planning Authorities; 5: Parish Councils; 6: Resident's Association; 7: Stories and Tensions; Appedndix 1: The Housebuilders; Appendix 2: Planning Applications for New Dwellings in Central Berkshire 1974-81; Appendix 3: The Local Planning Authorities; Appendix 4: The Parish Council; Appendix 5: Residents' Association; Bibliography; Index
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