Commercialisation, Professionalism and the Public Interest in the UK
by Ben Clifford|Susannah Gunn|Andy Inch|Abigail Schoneboom|Jason Slade|Malcolm Tait|Geoff Vigar
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Winner of the Royal Town Planning Institute Patsy Healey Award for Academic Excellence 2025.
Spatial planning is at a crossroads, with government reform undermining the traditional vision of state-employed planners making decisions about urban development in a unified public interest. Nearly half of UK planners are now employed in the private sector, with complex inter-relations between the sectors including supplying outsourced services to local authorities struggling with centrally-imposed budget cuts.
Drawing on new empirical data from a major research project, ‘Working in the Public Interest’, this book reveals what it’s like to be a UK planner in the early 21st century, and how the profession can fulfil its potential for the benefit of society and the environment.
