What drives plan implementation? : plans, planning agencies and developers / Lucie Laurian... [et al.].

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TextPublication details: Newcastle : University of Newcastle on Tyne, c2004.Description: [23 p.] ; 30 cmDDC classification:

351.93/04333 354.333/0993 22 ; 22

Review: This article investigates the determinants of plan implementation by applying a recenty-developed Plan Implementation Evaluation methodology. The lack of methodology to assess the implementation of plans has so far precluded any systematic analysis of the determinants of the implementation of local environmental plans. The article focuses on the implementation of plans in New Zealand. They key factors of implementation are: the quality of the plan; the capacity and commitment of land developers to implement plans; the capacity and commitment of the staff and leadership of planning agencies to implement plans; and the interactions between developers and the agency. The analysis is based on 353 permits implementing six local environmental plans in New Zealand, and on surveys of the developers who obtained the permits and of the planning agencies that granted the permits. The analysis finds that plan implementation is mainly driven by the resources of the planning agencies and by the quality of the plans, rather than by the characteristics of developers. Investments in plan writing and agency and staff capaity building thus improve the implementation of plans in the long-run.

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Reproduced from Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Vol. 47 (4), July 2004, pp. 555-577.

Includes bibliography (pp. 576-577).

This article investigates the determinants of plan implementation by applying a recenty-developed Plan Implementation Evaluation methodology. The lack of methodology to assess the implementation of plans has so far precluded any systematic analysis of the determinants of the implementation of local environmental plans. The article focuses on the implementation of plans in New Zealand. They key factors of implementation are: the quality of the plan; the capacity and commitment of land developers to implement plans; the capacity and commitment of the staff and leadership of planning agencies to implement plans; and the interactions between developers and the agency. The analysis is based on 353 permits implementing six local environmental plans in New Zealand, and on surveys of the developers who obtained the permits and of the planning agencies that granted the permits. The analysis finds that plan implementation is mainly driven by the resources of the planning agencies and by the quality of the plans, rather than by the characteristics of developers. Investments in plan writing and agency and staff capaity building thus improve the implementation of plans in the long-run.

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