Decent Homes for All

Nick Gallent is Reader in Planning and Housing at University College London’s Bartlett School of Planning. He has previously lectured in UK housing policy at the University of Manchester and been a researcher at Cardiff University’s Centre for Housing Management and Development. His principal research interests are in the areas of planning for affordable housing, the housing and planning policy relationship, and planning in the urban fringe and in rural areas. Mark Tewdwr-Jones is Professor of Spatial Planning and Governance and Director of Research at University College London’s Bartlett School of Planning. His research interests are related to planning, politics, community planning, and urban and regional development. He is currently involved in a number of research projects, including work on European spatial planning, the scope and relevance of local planning, and the relationship between cities and identity.

• 1. Introduction  2. The Co-Evolution of Housing and Planning  3. The (Re) Birth of Private Housing Provision  4. The Shifting Policy Landscape  5. Planning Intervention: Housing Design, Density and Affordability  6. Responding to Strategic and Local Housing Pressures  7. The New Market Agenda in Housing Supply  8. Delivering Housing in Sustainable Communities  9. Reframing Planning: Spatial Strategies and Community Development  10. Conclusions