Jessica Ferm is Lecturer in Planning and Urban Management and coordinator of the Bartlett School of Planning's "Planning Practice" module. She is a practice-focused academic with research interests in the intersections between spatial planning and the economy. She is actively involved in planning in London. Prior to academia, she worked for 10 years in planning practice.

John Tomaney is Professor of Urban and Regional Planning in the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London. His work focuses on the governance of local and regional development and spatial planning and the political, social and cultural foundations of regions. Prior to this post at UCL, he was Director of the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies at Newcastle University.

This book provides the only comprehensive overview of contemporary planning practice in the UK. Drawing on contributions from leading researchers in the field, it examines the tools, contexts and outcomes of planning practice.

Chapter 1. Introduction: contexts and frameworks for contemporary planning practice Chapter 2. Devolution and planning Part I: Practices of planning Chapter 3. Plan-making: changing contexts, challenges and drivers Chapter 4. Contemporary challenges in Development Management Chapter 5. Challenges and emerging practices in development value capture Chapter 6. Public participation and the declining significance of planning Chapter 7. The design dimension of planning: making planning proactive again Part II: Changing contexts for planning practice Chapter 8. Private consultants, planning reform, and the marketization of local government finance Chapter 9. Localism and neighbourhood planning Chapter 10. The evolving intersection of planning and the commercial real estate market Chapter 11. Planning for diversity in an era of social change Chapter 12. Sustainable development and planning Part III: Planning in practice Chapter 13. Planning for housing: the global challenges confronting local practice Chapter 14. Planning for infrastructure Chapter 15. Planning for economic progress Chapter 16. Planning for public transport: applying European good practice to UK regions? Chapter 17. Planning for the regeneration of towns and cities Chapter 18. Conclusion: Beyond reflective, deliberative practice