Volume 5 issue 1 february 2018
The UK Planning System—Fit for Purpose?
PROF. CHRISTIAN HILBER
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In this article discussing the British planning system, Prof. Christian Hilber, Professor of Economic Geography at the London School of Economics, argues that the UK planning system has serious flaws and delivers benefits only at excessively high costs, mainly hurting the young. Prof. Hilber offers three proposals for reform and provides a glimmer of hope for those interested in more affordable housing. This article builds on, and is in small parts, identical with the author’s oral and written evidence to the Treasury Committee in April 2016.
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