Planning - the value, incidence and impact of developer contributions: research

Research Team and Acknowledgments

The research team

Fanny Blanc is Project Co-ordinator at LSE London

Dr John Boyle, MRICS, is Director of Research at Rettie and Co, Edinburgh

Professor Tony Crook CBE FAcSS FRTPI, is Emeritus Professor of Town & Regional Planning at the University of Sheffield

Kath Scanlon is Distinguished Policy Fellow at LSE London, London School of Economics

Stefano Smith FRTPI, is Director of Stefano Smith Planning, Edinburgh

Professor Christine Whitehead OBE FAcSS Hon RTPI ARICS, is Emeritus Professor in Housing Economics at the London School of Economics

Acknowledgements

The research team wishes to thank the many people who helped with this project.

Particular thanks go to Tom Winter and Lisa Bullen from the Scottish Government who provided timely and helpful advice and guidance throughout.

Many thanks go to the staff in all of Scotland's planning authorities who contributed vital data and other information in completing our questionnaires in the difficult circumstances when many were working from home during Covid19.

We are grateful too to all the planning authority staff in our case study authorities as well as the developers, housing providers and others involved in specific case study developments, all of whom provided a wide range of information.

Our thanks also go to the many central and local government officials, developers, infrastructure providers, professional bodies and others who came to our roundtables or who took part in interviews with us.

Finally, we would like to thank our colleagues in LSE Enterprise who have helped ensure the delivery of this report.