Planning Inquiries

A Socio-Legal Study

Bibliographic Data

ID2326976
AuthorsTim Blackman (0000-0003-2920-1378, corresponding author)
Year1991
Volume25
Issue2
Pages311-327
Publication date1991-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0038038591025002010
OpenAlexW1974860875
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited17

The British planning system has come under strain in recent years with the combination of large-scale urban restructuring and heightened environmental awareness. This article considers the underlying conflicts of social values and interests which are suppressed by planning and its 'public interest' ideology. A study of public inquiries is presented, drawing on the recent inquiry into the Belfast Urban Area Plan, to illustrate how public inquiry discourse reflects a system of public administration which is strong in powers but weak in social policy. The implications of this for both the legitimacy and role of planning are discussed

Administration (probate law) · Ideology · Legitimacy · Plan (archaeology) · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Restructuring · Scale (ratio) · Sociology · Urban planning · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Public Administration · Urban Planning and Governance

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