Sue Brownill - Neighbourhood Planning and Localism: Power to the People?

LOCALISM AND NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING

Power to the people?

Edited by
Sue Brownill and Quintin Bradley

First published in Great Britain in 2017 by

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This book emerged out of two sessions organised by the editors at the RGS-IBG (Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers) conference in August 2014. We would like to thank those who attended and presented for contributing to the emerging ideas and debates about neighbourhood planning with which this book engages. Other networks and forums have also provided an opportunity to explore the issues, including a roundtable bringing together academics and practitioners organised by the Department of Communities and Local Government and an ESRC (Economic and Social Sciences Research Council) seminar series on Neighbourhood Ways of Knowing and Working. The editors would also like to acknowledge the support of the British Academy and Leeds Beckett University for funding their research into neighbourhood planning. Finally, as academics and practitioners, we, and others who have contributed to this book, have been engaged with a large number of neighbourhood planning groups through running student projects, attending meetings and research. The energy, persistence, questioning and enthusiasm of these groups remain a constant source of inspiration. While the inspiration is all theirs, the errors, of course, remain ours.

Larry Bennett earned his PhD in Urban Planning and Policy at Rutgers University and for many years has taught in the Political Science Department at DePaul University, USA. Professor Bennett's research has focused on the politics of urban redevelopment, examining this process both from the standpoint of city-scale intentions and in terms of neighbourhood impacts. His most recent books are Neoliberal Chicago (University of Illinois Press, 2016, co-edited with Roberta Garner and Euan Hague) and The third city: Chicago and American urbanism (University of Chicago Press, 2010). With Zane Miller and David Stradling, Professor Bennett edits Temple University Press Urban life, landscapes, and policy book series. He has also served on the editorial boards of Urban Affairs Quarterly and the Journal of Urban Affairs. For the last 20 years, Professor Bennett has been a member of the Board of Directors for North Branch Works, an economic development non-profit organisation serving Chicago's North River Corridor.

Quintin Bradley is a Senior Lecturer in Planning and Housing at Leeds Beckett University, UK, and leads postgraduate study in planning, housing and regeneration at the School of Built Environment & Engineering. He holds a PhD in housing studies and is active in research in the fields of community planning, housing policy and community engagement. His work has been published in peer-reviewed international journals and his monograph on the tenants movement is published by Routledge. As a practitioner, he has extensive experience in community involvement and has worked for resident-led organisations, as well as local housing authorities and housing associations. He is active in campaigns and social movements and has a background as an investigative journalist.

Sue Brownill is a Reader in Urban Policy and Governance at the School of the Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University, UK and holds a PhD from The Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, Birmingham University. She specialises in urban planning, housing and regeneration but her particular interest is in public participation and the relationship between citizens and the state. She has experienced and written widely about this from a range of perspectives: working for a community planning organisation in London Docklands; carrying out evaluations of Planning Aid; researching neighbourhood planning; and promoting joint work between students and community planning groups. She has worked with concepts of governmentality, modes of governance and, more recently, assemblage. Her recent work has focused on planning for affordable housing and on re-examining the hidden histories of community-led planning.

Amy Burnett is a PhD candidate in Real Estate and Planning at the Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK. Amy's research focuses on the role of civil society groups in promoting sustainable development in the context of planning and broader policy influence. Her current research explores notions of sustainability transitions and the role of networks in fostering innovation in the context of neighbourhood planning. Amy has experience in promoting sustainable communities in the UK and through her international development background in Africa and Brazil.