ENGLISH PLANNING IN CRISIS

Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword

ONE. Introduction

Why history matters: the utopian test

Who cares about utopia today?

English planning in crisis

PART ONE

TWO. Utopia abandoned?

Planning reform at the end of the Coalition government

Planning in England since the 2015 general election

The great devolution dance

The future of social housing hangs in the balance

Understanding planning reform

Where was the public debate about planning reform?

What does the public think about planning?

A catalogue of deregulation

What is left of the post-war planning settlement, and does it matter?

So where does all this leave us?

THREE. European utopias

World-leading rhetoric

Pioneering European approaches

Local leaders and global movements

PART TWO

FOUR. Ten ideas to transform England

Idea one: a vision for England

Idea two: rebuilding our institutions

Idea three: fantasy government

Idea four: a new generation of place-makers

Idea five: a new planning education

Idea six: people and planning

Idea seven: a new house-building model

Idea eight: access all areas

Idea nine: restoring zero carbon

Idea ten: land and freedom

FIVE. Conclusion: time to choose?

A road to nowhere?

The road to a sustainable future

Time for a U-turn

Index