Event Details

9 February 2012

Start: 5:30pm Finish: 7:00pm

Location: Merseyside

Northern Futures in a Rebalanced Britain Lecture Series: Plans That Worked

Plans That Worked
The culture of British planning and its implications for Northern revival

Date: Thurs 9 February, 5.30 – 7.00pm
Venue : Victoria Gallery and Museum, Liverpool

Professor Ian Wray, Former Chief Planner, Northwest Development Agency

Are current planning reforms in a great tradition of British plans, or an experiment in anarchism? Are Atlantic Gateway and the Heseltine/ Leahy report on Liverpool classic examples of British planning style? This lecture will shed some light on such questions by looking at four case studies of success in British planning for major infrastructure: Birkenhead Park; Colossus (arguably the world’s first electronic computer); the M6 Motorway; and the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. All four case studies seem to suggest that the defining characteristics of successful plans are individualism, improvisation, determined personal initiative, and decentralised governance. The lecture will briefly consider why this should be the case, reflecting on the nature of government and civil society in Britain.

The events are free of charge and open to all, so please join us and contribute to the debate.
Refreshments will be available after each lecture.

For further information on the University of Liverpool Northern Futures lecture series please click here.

Price per Delegate: free

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