Development-led planning practices in a plan-led planning system: empirical evidence from Finland

Abstract

Article 1: Securing public objectives in large-scale urban development: Comparison of public and private land development The author was responsible for initiating, executing and writing the paper. The co-authors provided advice, comments and suggestions. Article 2: Risk management in public land development projects: Comparative case study in Finland, and the Netherlands The author was responsible for initiating, executing and writing the paper except for the data collection and analysis of the Dutch case study, which was conducted by Prof. van der Krabben. Otherwise, the co-authors provided advice, comments and suggestions.

Negotiations Between Developers and Planning Authorities in Urban Development Projects

“…As will be explained later in the article, Norwegian land-use planning consists of a development-led detail zoning practice within a formally plan-led system, not unlike equivalent international systems (see, for example, Muñoz Gielen, Tasan-Kok 2010; Buitelaar et al 2011;Hartmann, Spit 2014;Valtonen et al 2017). This framework is a necessary starting point for understanding how legal structures affect the scope of action of negotiations.…”

The Strategic Incrementalism of Lahti Master Planning: Three Lessons

“…This reveals the lack of practical feasibility of master plans as strategic planning instruments. (Valtonen, Falkenbach, & Viitanen, 2017;Mäntysalo, Saglie, & Cars, 2011;Mäntysalo et al, 2014a; see also Nyman & Mäntysalo, 2014;Rannila, 2018. ) To 'fill' the widening gap between the abstract master plans and the development-driven detailed plans, new non-statutory planning instruments have emerged for the strategic coordination of development projects, such as 'development plans' and 'area studies' in Sweden and Norway, respectively, and urban centre development plans or programs in Finland (Mäntysalo et al, 2014a).…”

Accelerated planning for urban housing infills: coordination strategies

“…It is reasonable to expect quicker implementation of developer led projects than for plan-led planning, and the current Swedish practice of day-to-day planning rather than adhering to broader plans (Hrelja 2011) could imply a rapid process of plan implementation, as a consequence of close collaboration between planners and developers. Nevertheless, a Finnish survey (Valtonen, Falkenbach, and Viitanen 2017) suggests that development-led planning may cause projects to be more vulnerable to property market uncertainty than under plan-led practices.…”