Building in Arcadia: The case for well-designed rural development

Ruth Reed is an architect and academic with a distinguished reputation in planning issues. Elected as the first female President of the RIBA in 2009, she has extensive experience as a planning inspector and a lobbyist on planning matters for the RIBA. She is currently a partner at Green Planning Studio Limited, a planning consultancy, who have an enviable record in winning planning appeals.

Contents Foreword: Lord Matthew Taylor Preface Acknowledgements Introduction PART 1: PLANNING CONSTRAINTS ON COUNTRYSIDE DEVELOPMENT Chapter 1: The English Arcadia Chapter 2: Policy Chapter 3: Decision-taking Chapter 4: Planning for a new development PART 2: MAKING THE CASE FOR DEVELOPMENT Chapter 5: Examining perceptions of new development - the survey of English Councillors Chapter 6: Case studies PART 3: A NEW APPROACH Chapter 7: A new approach to assessment Chapter 8: Rural Building Assessment Chapter 9: RBA - worked example Bibliography Appendix: Survey of Local Authority Councillors into the attitudes towards development in the English countryside