Understanding Office-to-Residential Permitted Development

Clifford, Ben; Ferm, Jessica; Livingstone, Nicola; Canelas, Patrícia

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-12672-8_4

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“…A mixed-method approach was adopted (see Clifford et al, 2018, 2019 for further detail). First, local planners in the five urban authorities were asked to provide a list of every prior notification for office-to-residential conversions received (2013–2017) and any office-to-residential conversions which had gone through full planning permission for 2009–2017 (the longer period as numbers through planning permission declined rapidly after the deregulation in 2013).…”

Section: The Case Of Permitting Office-to-residential Conversions In England: a Live Experiments In Planning Deregulationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although our analysis has shown that central government statistics on housing units delivered through PD need to be interpreted with caution, 4 the policy does seem to have ‘stirred the market’ so that more developers have engaged in office-to-residential conversion than before deregulation. Arguably this might have been achieved by other means not depriving local authorities of planning control (Clifford et al, 2018, 2019). However, we need to look beyond the numbers to what type of housing is being delivered and for whom.…”

Section: The Case Of Permitting Office-to-residential Conversions In England: a Live Experiments In Planning Deregulationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Emerging problematics of deregulating the urban: The case of permitted development in England

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Urban planning systems, processes and regulations are often blamed – by many mainstream economists – for constraining the supply of housing by interfering with the efficient allocation of land by the market and unnecessarily delaying development. In England, this orthodox view has influenced the government’s deregulatory planning reforms, including – since 2013 – the removal of the requirement for developers to apply for planning permission for the conversion of an office building to a residential one (making it ‘permitted development’). Drawing on original empirical research in five local authority areas in England, this article examines the impacts of this deregulation of planning control on the ground. We find that, although more housing units have been delivered than were expected, a focus on housing numbers is eclipsing problems of housing quality, the type of housing being made available and whether it is in sustainable locations. There are also costs of deregulating planning, including direct financial costs and the lost opportunity to secure affordable housing and public infrastructure through planning gain. We conclude by examining the contradictions in the UK government’s approach to addressing the housing crisis and propose there are dangers of deregulating the urban that have consequences for England and other countries pursuing neoliberal reforms.

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Section: The Case Of Permitting Office-to-residential Conversions In England: a Live Experiments In Planning Deregulationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Case Of Permitting Office-to-residential Conversions In England: a Live Experiments In Planning Deregulationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emerging problematics of deregulating the urban: The case of permitted development in England

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Understanding Office-to-Residential Permitted Development

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Emerging problematics of deregulating the urban: The case of permitted development in England

Emerging problematics of deregulating the urban: The case of permitted development in England

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