The large landowner as a visionary planner

The role of large landowners in planning processes has been largely ignored by scholars. This paper aims to fill part of the gap in literature. It focuses on a range of initiatives led by Lord Salisbury in the county of Hertfordshire. It seeks to show that these actions should be examined in the lig...

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Main Author: Stéphane Sadoux
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Language:English
Published: SAES 2022-11-01
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/angles/6293
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description The role of large landowners in planning processes has been largely ignored by scholars. This paper aims to fill part of the gap in literature. It focuses on a range of initiatives led by Lord Salisbury in the county of Hertfordshire. It seeks to show that these actions should be examined in the light of strategic planning issues due to the housing shortage, as large landowners are engaged in debates that occur upstream, well before construction effectively takes place. The paper also aims to demonstrate that Lord Salisbury’s initiatives are best understood when they are seen to exemplify a particular vision of human settlements. From a strategic point of view, this view involves the promotion of new settlements as a way of addressing the housing crisis and can thus be seen as a contemporary manifestation of Britain’s long tradition of planned communities. In design terms, it promotes traditional architecture and urbanism. The paper insists on the importance of the networks of stakeholders who share these views, and of the methods that allow them to be implemented.
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spelling doaj.art-7192adcc68c544db9416965094b10b832022-12-22T02:49:15ZengSAESAngles2274-20422022-11-0115The large landowner as a visionary plannerStéphane SadouxThe role of large landowners in planning processes has been largely ignored by scholars. This paper aims to fill part of the gap in literature. It focuses on a range of initiatives led by Lord Salisbury in the county of Hertfordshire. It seeks to show that these actions should be examined in the light of strategic planning issues due to the housing shortage, as large landowners are engaged in debates that occur upstream, well before construction effectively takes place. The paper also aims to demonstrate that Lord Salisbury’s initiatives are best understood when they are seen to exemplify a particular vision of human settlements. From a strategic point of view, this view involves the promotion of new settlements as a way of addressing the housing crisis and can thus be seen as a contemporary manifestation of Britain’s long tradition of planned communities. In design terms, it promotes traditional architecture and urbanism. The paper insists on the importance of the networks of stakeholders who share these views, and of the methods that allow them to be implemented.http://journals.openedition.org/angles/6293Lord Salisburylandownersnew communitiesgarden citiesHertfordshiretraditional architecture
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The large landowner as a visionary planner
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Lord Salisbury
landowners
new communities
garden cities
Hertfordshire
traditional architecture
title The large landowner as a visionary planner
title_full The large landowner as a visionary planner
title_fullStr The large landowner as a visionary planner
title_full_unstemmed The large landowner as a visionary planner
title_short The large landowner as a visionary planner
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landowners
new communities
garden cities
Hertfordshire
traditional architecture
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