Housebuilding

Planning, the market and private housebuilding" is a timely new book which analyzes key contemporary issues in the light of the latest research findings and trends in policy and practice. The relationship between land- use planning and the housebuilding industry in Britain has long been characterized by intense debate and conflicting priorities about land supply. The experience of the late 1980s and the early 1990s has made national policy-makers and economic analysts aware of the crucial importance of the housing market for the whole economy, and has once more put planning in the spotlight. At the same time, planning itself is undergoing significant changes, and has been given a new "mission" in terms of the environmental agenda, which may be in some tension with the needs of the housing economy. The artificial boundaries between housing and planning have also been broken down by recent developments linking planning and social housing and stressing the "enabling" role of housing authorities.; The authors are based in leading research and teaching centres for planning and housing, and they combine expertise in housing policy and finance, industrial economics and organization, and town & country planning. The book builds on several important local and national research studies undertaken for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, but draws on a wider range of other work, literature and practice to give a rounded view of the field.; The book grapples directly with some of the biggest issues: How sluggish is the housebuilding industry in responding to demand? How much does planning affect house prices? What would happen if we scrapped the Green Belt? Do planning policies get implemented? Do planning agreements for affordable housing make sense? What would happen if mortgage interest tax relief were abolished? The book is aimed at interested lay readers, those involved professionally in the housing, development, and planning fields, and at students of planning, construction, housing, geography, economics, social policy and related disciplines. While centred on the experience of the UK the authors bring to bear their knowledge of comparative experience and research in a range of other countries including North America and Europe.; Glen Bramley, a specialist on housing and public finance, is a Reader in the School for Advanced Urban Studies SAUS at the University of Bristol; he was Deputy Director of SAUS for 1990--92. Will Bartlett is a Research Fellow at SAUS , having lectured in economics the the universities of Southampton, Bristol and Bath. Christine Lambert is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Town and Country Planning at the University of the West of England, Bristol, and she spacializes on planning and local government issues.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1953.

This widely used study provides a detailed business-economic account of housebuilding and the new homes market. The coverage ranges from the factors affecting company growth and profitability, through market trends and issues, to innovation. The book analyses recent technical-production developments at site level and examines key influences on demand, prices, and marketing success in the main new homes sub-markets as well as the market as a whole. CONTENTS: 1. HOUSEBUILDING & THE NEW HOMES MARKET: AN OVERVIEW 2. HOUSEBUILDING & LAND (1): ECONOMIC ASPECTS 3. HOUSEBUILDING & LAND (2): POLITICAL & LEGAL INFLUENCES 4. BUILDING MATERIALS & COMPONENTS 5. LABOUR, EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING 6. FINANCIAL INVESTMENT, COMPANY GROWTH & PROFITABILITY 7. SIZE OF FIRMS, ECONOMIES OF SCALE & DIVERSIFICATION 8. TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION & PRODUCT INNOVATION 9. THE NEW HOMES MARKET, DEMAND & PRICES 10. MARKETING NEW HOMES 11. SUB-MARKET TRENDS

First published in 1986, Housebuilding, Planning and Community Action was written as an examination of the conflicts and tensions resulting from private sector housing growth in Central Berkshire, part of Britain’s ‘Silicon Valley’ along the M4 motorway. The book provides a detailed consideration of the various ‘actors’ and their interactions and explores the fight from Community groups and parish councils to halt development, in opposition to the government’s reluctance to discourage economic growth. It focuses on four groups closely involved in the production, allocation, and consumption of new housing: speculative housebuilders, local planning authorities, parish councils, and community/residents’ groups. The motivations and actions of each group are examined, and the tensions between them are highlighted, set within the context of central government attitudes towards planning and private housebuilding. Housebuilding, Planning and Community Action has lasting relevance for those interested in human geography, and the history of housebuilding and planning.

Over the years, political barriers have severely hampered housebuilding in Britain. Governments have blocked urban expansion, stymied new low-cost production methods, and restricted the supply of new housing to the market in other ways. They have thereby artificially raised prices and excluded many lower income households from owner-occupation. This study analyses political barriers to housebuilding as a special form of political-economic protectionism ¿ the equivalent of quotas and tariffs on international goods imports. The book will be of interest to anyone concerned about supply shortages and the high cost of good new homes ¿ not just in Britain but in other industrial countries also. 1. POLITICAL BARRIERS TO HOUSEBUILDING IN BRITAIN: A CRITICAL OVERVIEW 2. GREENBELT BARRIERS TO URBAN EXPANSION 3. HOUSING OUTPUT PLANNING & QUOTA FIXING 4. HOUSING DEVELOPMENT TAXES & QUASI-TAXES 5. NEW HOUSING CLASS DISCRIMINATION 6. CONTROLS ON TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCT INNOVATION 7. THE EFFECTS ON THE LAND MARKET & NEW HOUSING LOCATION 8. THE EFFECTS ON HOUSEBUILDERS & HOUSING PRODUCTION 9. THE EFFECTS ON HOUSEHOLD CONSUMER CHOICE, HOUSE PRICES, & HOUSING QUALITY 10. THE REMOVAL OF POLITICAL BARRIERS TO HOUSEBUILDING

First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Revised & Expanded Edition. Codes, Permits, and Inspections. before you Build.

Combining the techniques of the author's previous two classic books, CORDWOOD MASONRY HOMES and EARTHWOOD, plus a decade of new information, new lessons to avoid pitfalls, and new ideas, this book offers a complete update on this dynamic housebuilding method.