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Author Bishop, Peter, 1953- author.

Title Planning, politics and city making : a case study of King's Cross / by Peter Bishop and Lesley Williams
Published London : RIBA Publishing, 2016
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Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND LIST OF INTERVIEWEES; CONTENTS; Kings Cross transport infrastructure timeline; Political and planning timeline; 1 Introduction; 2 The planning and development process; The UK planning system; The role of planners; The role of politicians; The development sector; Community involvement and the mistrust of planning; 3 History and development context; The history of the King's Cross area; First regeneration proposals; The King's Cross partnership; Rail infrastructure; Completing the site assembly; Selecting a development partner
Conclusions4 Establishing the framework for negotiations; Camden: the place and its politics; Engaging councillors; Preparing for the negotiations; The negotiating teams; The negotiating process; Negotiating tactics; Establishing the policy framework; Deciding the nature of the planning application; The bottom line; Conclusions; 5 The masterplan; The role of the masterplan; The masterplanning team; Site context; Early discussions; The first masterplan; Developing the masterplan; Refinement of the masterplan; Linking the plan to the wider area; Conclusions; 6 The middle game
The break-up of Argent's partnership with St George HousingManagement of the public realm; Environmental performance; Transport; Other planning benefits; Calculating the value of the section 106 agreement; Reflections on the negotiation process; Conclusions; 7 Community consultation; Pre-application consultations; Consultations on the original planning applications; Consultations on the revised planning applications; King's Cross Railway Lands Group; Conclusions; 8 The decision; Camden's officer-councillor interface; The development control subcommittee; The decision
Rebuilding political supportThe judicial review; Islington's decision on the 'Triangle' site; Conclusions; 9 Building King's Cross Central; The land valuation and transfer; The first phases of development; Variations to the planning consent; Adoption of the public realm; Place-making at King's Cross Central; Employment and training; North Central One; The new King's Cross station square; Impact on the surrounding areas; Conclusions; 10 Conclusions; Evaluating the success of the King's Cross Development; Lessons from the King's Cross Development
Implications of recent changes to planning and funding regimesPostscript; 11 Appendices; Appendix 1: Summary of the section 106 agreement; Appendix 2: Development data and financial information; Notes; List of acronyms; Index; Image credits
Summary Whilst there is extensive literature analysing the design and function of new buildings and places, the actual process through which development proposals are actually fashioned - through complex negotiation and deal making, involving many different stakeholders with different agendas - is largely undocumented. Conventional planning theory tends to assume a logical, rational and linear decision-making process, which bears little relationship to reality. This book aims to shed some light on that reality. The King's Cross scheme is one of the largest and most complex developments taking place in Britain today. The planning negotiations, which took six years, were probably some of the most exhaustive debates around a development ever. A report of over 600 pages of technical information was eventually presented to the committee, and after two evenings and ten hours of presentations and debate, the committee approved the scheme by just two votes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Peter Bishop is a town planner, Professor of Urban Design at the Bartlett School of Architecture, visiting professor at Nottingham Trent and a Director at architects Allies and Morrison. Previous posts include Deputy CE at the London Development Agency and Director of Environment at Camden where he led the negotiations on the King's Cross. Lesley Williams is an environmental scientist, town planner and writer specialising in design and facilitation of stakeholder involvement processes, consensus building and partnership development. She has carried out work for Development Trust Association, the Environment Agency, UK Police Authorities, L.B. Tower Hamlets, CABE and the Civic Trust Regeneration Unit
Subject City planning -- England -- London -- Case studies
ARCHITECTURE -- General.
ARCHITECTURE -- Urban & Land Use Planning.
ARCHITECTURE -- Professional Practice.
City planning
SUBJECT King's Cross (London, England) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97043825
Subject England -- London
England -- London -- King's Cross
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Williams, Lesley, 1957- author.
ISBN 9780429346798
0429346794
9781000701623
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9781000700404
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9781000701012
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