Neighbourhood Planning in London and the Uneven Social Geographies of Public Engagement

Claire Colomb & Lexi Ianoco — 2026-06-23T05:00:00Z

A new mechanism of public participation in planning has remained mobilised by more affluent social groups, renewing debates around local “civic capacity” in English (urban) governance.
Are channels of public participation in urban planning always mobilised by more privileged social groups? Decades of research in Europe and North America have shown that this is often the case, despite efforts to involve broader publics (Inner and Booher 2004; Brownill and Parker 2010). A new instrument created

- From the Field / localism, United Kingdom, England, London, neighborhood, planning politics, land-use planning, social diversity, governance, local governance, local authorities, local government

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Neighbourhood Planning in London and the Uneven Social Geographies of Public Engagement