Topic
Local development framework
About: Local development framework is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 24 publications have been published within this topic receiving 235 citations.
Papers
TL;DR: In this article, the authors draw on extensive empirical material to consider the views of frontline local authority planners to the new system as it was put into place, and highlight differing conceptions as to where the cause of problems enacting the local development framework lay.
Abstract: The modernization of governance systems continues to heavily impact the practice of planning in the UK, as in many countries. The UK Coalition government has moved quickly to introduce a programme of planning reform, particularly in plan-making. Yet this was also a focus for major reforms introduced by the previous Labour government, namely, the local development framework (LDF) system which was meant to encapsulate a shift to a spatial planning approach in England. This paper draws on extensive empirical material to consider the views of frontline local authority planners to the new system as it was put into place. Drawing on implementation theory and highlighting differing conceptions as to where the cause of problems enacting the new system lay, I argue that detailed consideration of the frontline is vital if we are to better understand the contours of modernization.
26 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined how cumulative effects assessment (CEA) has been considered in Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA) of regional and local plans in a number of case studies in the UK.
22 citations
TL;DR: This article employed an analytical framework with eight climate change review criteria to investigate the extent to which strategic environmental assessments (SEAs) address climate change and found that most English core strategy SAs addressing climate change in some way.
Abstract: This research employed an analytical framework with eight climate change review criteria to investigate the extent to which strategic environmental assessments (SEAs) address climate change. The framework was applied to 36 English local development framework core strategy sustainability appraisals (SAs), which comply with EU SEA Directive (Directive 2001/42/EC) requirements. The analysis showed most English core strategy SAs addressing climate change in some way, with certain of the criteria more consistently addressed than others. A closer examination uncovered good practices, opportunities for learning, and practical ways of addressing climate change within an SEA and local spatial plan context. The examination also suggested that an additional climate change criterion pertaining to equity was warranted. A further finding concerned the importance of public participation, not just in the SA process in general, but in relation to treatment of climate change issues in particular. The analytical framework a...
18 citations
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| Year | Papers |
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| 2015 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 |