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The role and significance of planning consultants as intermediary-actors: between and amongst government, civic society and the market

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  • Francesca Bragaglia
  • Gavin Parker

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The paper discusses the role of private planning consultants as intermediary-actors and their implications in relation to planning theory and practice. To do so, the paper focuses on niche consultants involved in servicing neighbourhood scale plan-making in England, clarifying that they hold crucial agency in local planning processes and adding to the understanding of consultancy roles and co-production dynamics in planning. The paper draws together the literature on private sector consultancy and on intermediaries, along with theoretical work highlighting the diversification of planning, the rise of the collaborative turn and the effect of regulation on creating niche markets in planning expertise. The conclusions drawn help clarify the ‘action on others’ that planning consultants, as intermediary-actors, have in collaborative governance and planning in and beyond neighbourhood planning.

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  • Francesca Bragaglia & Gavin Parker, 2024. "The role and significance of planning consultants as intermediary-actors: between and amongst government, civic society and the market," International Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(1), pages 54-67, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cipsxx:v:29:y:2024:i:1:p:54-67
    DOI: 10.1080/13563475.2023.2290471
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