The Design Companion for Planning and Placemaking

5Who is involved

Making the planning process work well depends on getting the most from the people involved and using their skills to help them work effectively together. People can have very different intentions and expectations, and it helps to understand what these are, in order to seek out common ground and resolve the inevitable conflicts.

Landholders, Homebuilders and Institutions

The landowner can be an individual, a company, a bank, a pension fund, the local authority or another institution. The land might have been inherited, or bought as a home or an investment, and the nature of the landowner’s interest can have an impact on the quality of development. The landowner may have a short-term, speculative interest or a long-term perspective; ...