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Centre for Comparative Housing Research at De Montfort University ESRC Seminar Series One: Understanding Conflict in Planning. Dr Tim Brown tjb@dmu.ac.uk www.dmu.ac.uk/cchr @DMUCCHR 29 November 2012. Personal Background. Qualified Town Planner from the Early 1970s
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Centre for Comparative Housing Research at De Montfort University ESRC Seminar Series One: Understanding Conflict in Planning Dr Tim Brown tjb@dmu.ac.uk www.dmu.ac.uk/cchr @DMUCCHR 29 November 2012
Personal Background • Qualified Town Planner from the Early 1970s • Quantitative Planning Revolution • Planning Officer for Seven Years • Planning / Real Estate / Housing Academic • Occasional Venture into the Real World from the Ivory Tower of DMU
Planning System: Little Change Over 40 Years! • Scientific Rational Planning • Gypsy & Traveller Accommodation Assessments • Local Development Framework • Development Control as a Poor Relation • Decisions based on the ‘Public Interest’ • Professional Expertise
Reality of Planning • Politics rather than Scientific Rationality • Distrust of the Professional Planner • Whose ‘Public Interest’! • Power and Influence
Planning and Vulnerable Groups • Planning Application • Consultation • Planning Committee: Officer Recommendation Rejected • ‘Refusal’ with Reasons • Appeal • Inquiry • Decision by Inspector
Conflict and Planning: Frameworks • Acknowledge • Winners & Losers through Planning System • Importance of Power and Expertise • Rebalancing ‘Power’: Planning Aid Solution • Implementation Theory: Bargaining and Negotiation • Restorative Practice