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Second home ownership and demand -- The impacts of second homes -- England and Wales -- European experiences -- Mainland Europe and Britain compared -- The evolving framework -- Land use planning mechanisms -- A new framework for policy

This book analyses the contexts, drivers and outcomes of community action and planning in the global north: from emergent neighbourhood planning in England to the community-based housing movement in New York, and from active citizenship in the Dutch new towns to associative action in Marseille.

Analyses the contexts, drivers and outcomes of community action and planning in the global north: from emergent neighbourhood planning in England to the community-based housing movement in New York, and from active citizenship in the Dutch new towns to associative action in Marseille.

Neighbourhood Planning offers a critical analysis of community-based planning activity in England, framed within a broader view of collaborative rationality and its limits.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Central Themes of Rural Second Homes -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Introduction -- Aims of the Book -- Past Literature and Themes -- Concepts and Data Sources -- Information on Second Homes -- Chapter 2: The Origins of Growth -- The Origins and Social Context of Growth -- Chapter 3: Ownership and Demand -- Introduction -- The Distribution of Demand -- Second Home Types -- Modelling Future Growth -- Modelling and Prediction -- Chapter 4: Economic Costs and Benefits -- The Analysis of Costs and Benefits -- House Price Inflation -- Initial Acquisition -- Property Speculation -- General Housing Stock Improvements -- General Expenditure -- Rates or Council Tax Contribution -- The Overall Contribution -- Chapter 5: Environmental and Social Impacts -- The Range of Environmental Impacts -- New Development and Conversion -- Social Impacts -- Competing Housing Groups -- Social Impacts, Social Groups and Attitudinal Research -- Community Unease and Socio-Linguistic Concerns -- Conclusions -- Part II: Policy and Practical Responses in Europe and the United Kingdom -- Chapter 6: European Perspectives -- Introduction -- Facts Through Figures -- Belgium -- Denmark -- Finland -- France -- Greece -- Spain -- Sweden -- Norway -- Other European States -- Chapter 7: Housing Policy Responses in the UK -- Economic and Social Development -- Housing Policy Options -- Providing Non-Market Housing -- 'Municipalising' Empty Properties -- Managing Private Properties -- Community Self-Build -- Improvement Grant Restrictions -- The Tax System -- Differential Rates or Council Tax -- Standard Purchase Levies and Restrictions on Mortgage Finance -- Property Licensing and the Creation of Housing Sub-Markets -- Planning and Development Control.