Development and the Landowner: An Analysis of the British Experience

by Robin Goodchild, Richard Munton

Overview

In a political climate favouring the private sector, the private landowners were more influential—and the planning authorities less powerful—than any time in the mid-1970s. First published in 1985, Development and the Landowner builds on a substantial amount of research to analyse the British experience of the landowner’s influence on the timing, scale, and pattern of development. The changes are reviewed, and the authors examine their meaning for the development process.

In the first part of the book, the context of land development—policy, land market, and process—is reviewed and its implications examined for the behaviour of those landowners seeking to maximise their financial return from land investment. Then, findings from detailed case studies conducted in different policy contexts are presented, from which conclusions about policy are drawn and subsequently discussed in the final chapter.

Students, researchers, and planners in land development will welcome this authoritative treatment of a neglected part of planning and environmental studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781041241058
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/27/2026
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Robin Goodchild

Richard Munton

Table of Contents

Preface 1. Land ownership and development 2. The policy context 3. Land values and the market for development land 4. The development process 5. The landowner’s investment strategy 6. Leicester – an expanding city 7. Landowners and the development of land in the Metropolitan Green Belt 8. The inner city: market failure or planning problem? 9. Review and policy implications 10. Addendum: 1985 budget and abolition of DLT