Abstract
This paper examines the practices of localism that are emerging in local planning authorities’ (LPAs) responses to neighbourhood planning (NP) in England. It argues that a lack of coherence within the localism agenda has enabled LPAs to rearticulate and resignify key concepts, with three discernible practices of localism and responses to NP emerging: the deflective, the reactive and the integrative. The LPAs have a critical role within the process and employ a range of technologies of government to govern the conduct of groups shaped largely around the role afforded to NP within their local plan.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Town Planning Review |
| Early online date | 31 Jul 2021 |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 31 Jul 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The research this paper is based upon was undertaken as part of a PhD at the University of Reading sponsored by the Reading Real Estate Foundation. I am extremely grateful to Professor Gavin Parker and the anonymous referees for their helpful comments.
Publisher Copyright:
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Keywords
- Governance
- Local authorities
- Localism
- Neighbourhood
- Planning
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Urban Studies