Neighbourhood planning in England: A decade of institutional learning

Gavin Parker; Matthew Wargent; Kat Salter; Andy Yuille

doi:10.1016/j.progress.2023.100749

Neighbourhood planning in England: A decade of institutional learning

Gavin Parker^*, Matthew Wargent, Kat Salter, Andy Yuille

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Drawing on a mix of policy learning and new institutionalist theory, the paper sets out the empirical evidence regarding the unfolding of neighbourhood planning (NP) in England during more than ten years of participatory practice. What has been learned about how this policy has been shaped reflexively by institutional actors is reviewed, drawing on two significant national research studies. The contribution of the paper is to provide a detailed consideration of neighbourhood planning as practiced over a decade and the policy iterations that have featured in that time, including what this tells us conceptually. We conclude this process has produced a range of neighbourhood planning forms that are reflected through the interplay of institutionalised agency, local conditions, policy iterations and varied community-local scale dynamics.

Original language	English
Article number	100749
Number of pages	26
Journal	Progress in Planning
Volume	174
Early online date	11 Mar 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progress.2023.100749
Publication status	Published - Aug 2023

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This paper draws on data collected by the 2014 User Experience of Neighbourhood Planning in England project funded by Locality and the then Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), and the 2020 study Impact of Neighbourhood Planning in England funded by the then Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).

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Keywords

Localism
Neighbourhood planning
Neoliberalism
New institutionalism
Participation
Policy learning

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Geography, Planning and Development

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