Localism and Neighbourhood Planning

Sue Brownill is Reader in Urban Policy and Governance at Oxford Brookes University. Her research focuses on public participation and spatial equity in planning and regeneration, affordable housing and community planning and localism. Quintin Bradley is a Senior Lecturer in Planning and Housing at Leeds Beckett University, leading post-graduate study in planning and housing. He leads research into community planning and localism, housing rights and social movements.

Introduction ~ Sue Brownill and Quintin Bradley;
Part One: Understanding and characterising neighbourhood planning;
Neighbourhood planning and the purposes and practices of localism ~ Sue Brownill;
Neighbourhoods, communities and the local scale ~ Quintin Bradley;
Neighbourhood planning and the spatial practices of localism ~ Quintin Bradley, Amy Burnett and William Sparling;
The uneven geographies of neighbourhood planning in England ~ Gavin Parker;
Part Two: Experiences, contestations and debates;
Developing a neighbourhood plan: stories from `community-led’ planning pathfinders ~ David McGuiness and Carol Ludwig;
Voices from the neighbourhood: stories from the participants in neighbourhood plans and the professionals working with them ~ Edited by Quintin Bradley and Sue Brownill;
Participation and conflict in the formation of neighbourhood areas and forums in `super-diverse’ cities ~ Claire Colomb;
Assembling neighbourhoods: topologies of power and the re-shaping of planning ~ Sue Brownill;
A passion for place: the emotional identifications and empowerment of neighbourhood planning ~ Quintin Bradley;
Part Three: International comparisons in community planning;
Community-based planning and localism in the devolved UK ~ Simon Pemberton;
Citizen participation, an essential lever for urban transformation in France? ~ Camille Gardesse and Jodelle Zetlaoui-Léger;
Localism and neighbourhood planning in Australian public policy and governance ~ Paul Burton;
The many lives of neighbourhood planning in the United States: much ado about Something? ~ Larry Bennett;
Part Four: Reflections and conclusions;
Reflections on neighbourhood planning: towards a progressive localism ~ Quintin Bradley and Sue Brownill.