Zhao Congxia, Zhu Haixuan, Zhou Pengguang

Keywords： Urban & Rural Planning Administration; Planning Permission; Public Participation; Speaking Rights; Decision Making; The UK

Abstract：

Planning permission is the basic institution in urban planning implementation administration in the UK, and there is a distinct feature of public participation in its planning permission. Since 1960s, public participation is one of the major contents and driving force in the development of western countries’ urban planning. In 2007, Urban and Rural Planning Law of China was revised, in which the legal status of public participation in urban and rural planning was established, but was only limited in the stage of planning making. Public participation in planning permission is no more than publicity of the license files, but it is the planning implementation where social contradictions are concentrated and group incidents occur frequently. This paper firstly uncovers the root causes of public participation in British planning permission, then introduces procedures of public participation, explores its legal basis, analyzes its characters, and finally discusses its problems and enlightenment to China. We hope the paper could help to improve the mechanism of public participation in urban and rural planning, prevent and solve social contradictions, and modernize the urban governance system in China.

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