TY - BOOK AU - Sykes,Olivier AU - Sturzaker,John TI - Planning in a failing state: reforming spatial governance in England SN - 9781447365044 U1 - 307.12160941 PY - 2024///[2023] CY - Bristol PB - Policy Press KW - Planning KW - Great Britain KW - City planning KW - Policy sciences N1 - Item received in 2023 N2 - "This topical, edited collection analyses the state of the planning system in England and offers an evidence-based review of over a decade of change since the Conservative-led coalition government came to power. With a critique of ongoing planning reforms by the UK government, the book argues that the planning system is often blamed for a range of issues caused by ineffective policymaking by government. Including chapters on housing, localism, design, zoning and the consequences of Brexit for environmental planning, the contributors unpick a complicated set of recent reforms and counter the claims of the think-tank led assault on democratic planning."-- ER -