Fit for policy? Some evidence on the application of development viability models in the United Kingdom planning system

Town Planning Review

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 495-521

  McAllister, Patrick ^a   Wyatt, Peter ^b   Coleman, Charlotte ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

appraisal; development; planning; policy; viability

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PLANNING SYSTEM; REGIONAL PLANNING; REGIONAL POLICY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84879529927     PISSN: 00410020     EISSN: 1478341X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/tpr.2013.26     Document Type: Article

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