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• Title:Planning, politics and city making : a case study of King's Cross / by Peter Bishop and Lesley Williams.
  
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• Author/Creator:Bishop, Peter, 1953- author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Williams, Lesley, 1957- author.
  
• Published/Created:London : RIBA Publishing, 2016.
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: HT169.G72 L6137 2016
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:City planning--England--London--Case studies.
  King's Cross (London, England)
  
• Genre/Form:Case studies.
  
• Description:xi, 225 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm
  
• 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. Drawing on first-hand interviews and full access to previously confidential material from primary sources, 'Planning, Politics and City-Making: A Case Study of King's Cross' is a fascinating insight into a rarely-told story.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-219) and index.
  
• ISBN:1859466354 paperback
  9781859466353 paperback
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
  2. planning and development process
  UK planning system
  role of planners
  role of politicians
  development sector
  Community involvement and the mistrust of planning
  3. History and development context
  history of the King's Cross area
  First regeneration proposals
  King's Cross partnership
  Rail infrastructure
  Completing the site assembly
  Selecting a development partner
  Conclusions
  4. Establishing the framework for negotiations
  Camden: the place and its politics
  Engaging councillors
  Preparing for the negotiations
  negotiating teams
  negotiating process
  Negotiating tactics
  Establishing the policy framework
  Deciding the nature of the planning application
  bottom line
  Conclusions
  5. masterplan
  role of the masterplan
  masterplanning team
  Site context
  Early discussions
  first masterplan
  Developing the masterplan
  Refinement of the masterplan
  Linking the plan to the wider area
  Conclusions
  6. middle game
  break-up of Argent's partnership with St George
  Housing
  Management 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. decision
  Camden's officer-councillor interface
  development control subcommittee
  decision
  Rebuilding political support
  judicial review
  Islington's decision on the `Triangle' site
  Conclusions
  9. Building King's Cross Central
  land valuation and transfer
  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
  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 regimes
  Postscript
  11. Appendices
  Appendix 1 Summary of the section 106 agreement
  Appendix 2 Development data and financial information.