Understanding the Impacts of Deregulation in Planning: Turning Offices into Homes?

Chapter 1 The rise and rise of permitted development in England Chapter 2 Deregulation, neoliberalism and the planning system Chapter 3 The planning context for office-to-residential change of use Chapter 4 Understanding office-to-residential permitted development Chapter 5 Overview of office-to-residential conversion in England and our case studies Chapter 6 The Camden story: threatening the creative economy? Chapter 7 The Croydon story: slums of the future? Chapter 8 The Leeds story: city centre students and industrial estate living Chapter 9 The Leicester story: positive reuse or threatening an emerging private rental sector? Chapter 10 The Reading story: loss of affordable housing in the vibrant South East? Chapter 11 Alternative approaches to governing change of use: Scotland and the Netherlands Chapter 12 Conclusions and implications for future practice