Clifford, Ben; Madeddu, Manuela; (2024) Planning, adaptive reuse, housing quality and health in a post-pandemic England. Town Planning Review 10.3828/tpr.2024.9. (In press).

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In a commentary piece published during the Covid-19 pandemic, we looked hopefully to a time when louder voices demanded and respected the role of regulation in ensuring that appalling poor-quality housing development did not go ahead and instead good housing, which adds value to people’s lives, was the norm (Madeddu and Clifford, 2021). Alas, that future is not yet with us and in the last couple of years the housing crisis in England seems ever more acute (reflecting trends seen in many contexts internationally). In this viewpoint we reflect on the implications of this enduring crisis on people’s lives, particularly on their health and well-being. We further discuss how planning deregulation, exemplified in England through expanded Permitted Development Rights (PDR), continues to affect the quality of housing, and argue for a more positive role for the adaptive reuse of buildings.

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