Vendela Gambill: Collaborative planning: identifying barriers to housing delivery in London at multiple geographic scales
Supervisor: Dr Ying Jin
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Research overview:
This research evaluates underlying factors limiting the speed and quantity of housing delivery in London. Through comparative case study analysis using recent projects that sheds light to the roles of the main stakeholders, and draws out insights into where the true barriers lie in the planning process for housing. It provides new ways of understanding the evolution of housing projects across multiple geographical scales and time.
This research develops a new theoretical framework which adapts and extends the collaborative planning framework since Healey's (1997) in order to address the contemporary challenges in housing delivery. In particular, the findings provide a new way for understanding the role of local authorities in the process of housing application approval and delivery.
Biography:
Vendela is an ESRC-funded, part-time PhD student in the Martin Centre: Cities and Infrastructure Research Group. She holds a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences (Architecture and Economics), a Masters of Research (Space Syntax: Architecture and Cities) from University College London and a Masters of Science (Sustainable Urban Development) from University of Oxford.
Vendela works as a chartered Town Planner (MRTPI) at Deloitte LLP where she provides strategic town planning advice across the development lifecycle. She previously worked at the London Borough of Southwark. Her research interests are focused on the links between planning theories and professional practice.