Governing the ungovernable: spatial policy, markets and volume house-building in a growth region

Cochrane, Allan; Colenutt, Robert and Field, Martin (2015). Governing the ungovernable: spatial policy, markets and volume house-building in a growth region. Policy and Politics, 43(4) pp. 527–544.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/030557315X1425035075835

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Abstract

The global rhetoric surrounding the role of private markets in the provision of new housing masks a more complex reality in which public policy and private developers are deeply enmeshed, often through processes of spatial planning. This paper discusses the implications of this with the help of a detailed examination of plans for housing development on the edge of England’s growth region (in Milton Keynes and Northamptonshire) during the period 2003-2013. It highlights some of the consequences of pursuing spatial policies that rely on light touch state involvement in a market shaped by the priorities of powerful corporate actors.

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• Item ORO ID
• 42323
• Item Type
• Journal Item
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• 1470-8442
• Project Funding Details

• Funded Project Name	Project ID	Funding Body
  Tensions and future prospects for sustainable housing growth in Central England. A case study of Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes (D-10-064-AC)	ES/I038632/1	ESRC

• Keywords
• spatial planning; housing; neo-liberalism; governance
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies > Geography
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
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• OpenSpace Research Centre (OSRC)
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• Allan Cochrane