Constructing the Practice of ‘Spatial Planning’: A National Spatial Planning Framework for Wales

The National Assembly for Wales is engaged in the preparation of a national spatial planning framework to provide a context for sustainable development and environmental quality. This paper reports on research undertaken for the Assembly on the preparation of the spatial planning framework and identifies the initial stages in that process. The research itself draws upon a study of policy documents relevant to Wales, a comparative review of strategic spatial planning practices in the United Kingdom and mainland Europe, and the identification of the expectations of stakeholders for the framework. The paper illustrates how the concept of ‘spatial planning’ is being addressed and defined in the process of preparing the framework. The material provides an interesting insight into the emergent practice of spatial planning in the United Kingdom through a case study of Wales with wider relevance for spatial planning activity in Europe.

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Environmental resources and energy in the United Kingdom: the potential role of a national spatial planning framework

Town Planning Review ◽

10.3828/tpr.70.3.e1141126g0tvxg78 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 70 (3) ◽

pp. 339 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Dominic Stead ◽

Vincent Nadin

Keyword(s):

United Kingdom ◽

Spatial Planning ◽

Potential Role ◽

Environmental Resources ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Planning Framework

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Observer States’ Commitments to the Arctic Council: The Arctic Policy Documents of the United Kingdom and Germany as Case Study

The Yearbook of Polar Law Online ◽

10.1163/1876-8814_014 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 375-397

Author(s):

Małgorzata Śmieszek ◽

Paula Kankaanpää

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

United Kingdom ◽

The Arctic ◽

The European Union ◽

Arctic Council ◽

Policy Documents ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Recent Developments ◽

Arctic Policy

The Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council in Kiruna, Sweden in May 2013 received unprecedented coverage in the worldwide media. The main reason behind that attention was triggered by the expected decision of the Council to grant observer status to applicants, including China and the European Union. However, not only countries and entities seeking access to the AC proceedings have been increasingly active in their approach towards the region. Also the ‘old’ observer states to the Council got spurred by recent developments and among them the United Kingdom and Germany were the first ones to set out their overall Arctic policies in fall 2013. This article looks at both documents to examine the vision for the Arctic that both countries bring and proposes to read the texts in light of the rules for observers’ participation in the Arctic Council, which were approved in Nuuk in 2011. It continues with setting them against a broader picture of the involvement of outside actors in the Arctic cooperation.

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