Understanding the Impacts of Deregulation in Planning Turning Offices into Homes? /

• Main Authors: Clifford, Ben (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Ferm, Jessica (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Livingstone, Nicola (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Canelas, Patricia (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Public policy.; Legislative bodies.; Comparative politics.; Municipal government.; Social policy.; Building laws.; Public Policy.; Legislative and Executive Politics.; Comparative Politics.; Urban Politics.; Social Policy.; Building Law.

In England, it has been possible since 2013 to convert an office building into residential use without needing planning permission (as has been required since 1948). This book explores the consequences of this central government driven deregulation on local communities. The policy decision was prima...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 The rise and rise of permitted development in England
• Chapter 2 Deregulation, neoliberalism and the planning system
• Chapter 3 The planning context for office-to-residential change of use
• Chapter 4 Understanding office-to-residential permitted development
• Chapter 5 Overview of office-to-residential conversion in England and our case studies
• Chapter 6 The Camden story: threatening the creative economy?
• Chapter 7 The Croydon story: slums of the future?
• Chapter 8 The Leeds story: city centre students and industrial estate living
• Chapter 9 The Leicester story: positive reuse or threatening an emerging private rental sector?
• Chapter 10 The Reading story: loss of affordable housing in the vibrant South East?
• Chapter 11 Alternative approaches to governing change of use: Scotland and the Netherlands
• Chapter 12 Conclusions and implications for future practice.