Citizen’s motivation in Neighbourhood Planning in North West England

• Published in: PlaNext : next generation planning Vol. 13; pp. 8 - 27
• Main Authors: Cao, Xinxin, Sturzaker, John
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: AESOP Association of the European Schools of Planning 17.11.2023
• Subjects: community engagement; individual motivation; Neighbourhood Plans

Although some researchers have addressed the question of what motivates citizens to become involved in lower tier planning in the UK, the phenomenon is not yet fully understood. A lack of hard data, combined with some mutually contradictory arguments in the field, makes for imperfect analysis, and t...