The Future for Planners
Commercialisation, Professionalism and the Public Interest in the UK
Geoff Vigar author Malcolm Tait author Ben Clifford author Abigail Schoneboom author Jason Slade author Susannah Gunn author Andy Inch author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bristol University Press
Publishing:1st Feb '26
£27.99
This title is due to be published on 1st February, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£80.00(9781447366027)
Winner of the Royal Town Planning Institute Patsy Healey Award for Academic Excellence 2025.
Spatial planning is at a crossroads, with government reform undermining the traditional vision of state-employed planners making decisions about urban development in a unified public interest. Nearly half of UK planners are now employed in the private sector, with complex inter-relations between the sectors including supplying outsourced services to local authorities struggling with centrally-imposed budget cuts.
Drawing on new empirical data from a major research project, ‘Working in the Public Interest’, this book reveals what it’s like to be a UK planner in the early 21st century, and how the profession can fulfil its potential for the benefit of society and the environment.
“The authors provide a considered and empirically grounded account of the state of planning in a period where multiple pressures have been ramped-up. Clearly the value of good planning has been underestimated for some time. This very well-written account should be of great interest to policy makers as well as academic researchers.” Gavin Parker, University of Reading
“This book provides fascinating insights into how planning is actually practised in different places and different sectors in England, casting a light on what is often hidden.” John Sturzaker, University of Hertfordshire
ISBN: 9781447366034
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276 pages