Article Priemus 2002

disP - The Planning Review, 2005

The Netherlands has been part of the European integration process from the early days. It has an open economy and has benefi ted greatly from being a "natural" entrance to North-West Europe. It should not come as a surprise that Dutch spatial planners, mostly offi cials of the National Spatial Planning Agency, have played a major role during the past decades in discussions on a European planning agenda. They contributed greatly to the making of the European Spatial Development Perspective. Local and regional governments are enthusiastically participating in the various EU programmes on cross-border and transnational cooperation in the fi eld of spatial planning. But how does this relate to domestic spatial planning policies? The country is maintaining one of the most elaborate and sophisticated systems of national spatial planning and policy. One would expect, knowing the participation in European policy programs and discussions on territorial governance, that Dutch national spatial planning policies do have a strong European inclination. This is not the case though. This paper examines to what extent Dutch national spatial planning is infl uenced by changes at the international level, especially on the European scale. It also seeks to explain why Dutch national spatial planning is constantly returning to domestic planning issues, mainly on urban form, which play themselves out at lower scales than the national.

Journal of Housing and The Built Environment, 2005

In the Netherlands the publication of a new policy document on spatial planning is always a milestone, as the national government is such an important player in this field. The National Spatial Strategy is no exception and, at first sight, marks a complete change of tack. Instead of emphasizing spatial quality – as usual – it concentrates on easing the restrictions on spatial development. Central government wants to take a step backwards in favour of allowing the local authorities, and in particular the provinces, to play a key role. Although the liberal approach to development control is revolutionary, most of the spatial concepts in the National Spatial Strategy are based upon traditional ideas about spatial organization.

Land Use Policy, 2010

a b s t r a c t Regional planning and development is continuing to take an important role in planning agendas throughout Europe. In the United Kingdom (UK), the planning system has been reformed during the last decades, marking a noticeable shift from a development-led towards a more plan-led system. In the Netherlands, strictly regulated growth-control policies have been abandoned to some degree, in favor of more decentralized planning policies featuring negotiated development. Dutch planners have been specifically interested in a more British approach, that is, a more discretionary and development-led type of approach to spatial planning. In this paper, we will discuss current efforts in Dutch regional planning to adopt new principles for planning delivery and will provide a comparative perspective between spatial planning in the UK and the Netherlands. This paper discusses the changing structure of planning delivery in both countries. At the same time, it establishes a framework for identifying critical lessons for Dutch regional planning practice as opposed to planning in the UK. Three characteristics are pivotal for the comparison:

2006

Social, economic, and technological developments — e.g. individualisation, globalisation and developments in information and communication technology — have repercussions on spatial planning. There is evidence in society and in the economy of a continuous increase in spatial scale (reinforced by increasing mobility), which has repercussions for the level at which spatial issues are addressed. This will increasingly be the supralocal and the regional level. This is paralleled by a debate on urban governance: Hemphill et al. (2006) bring forward that urban governance has become the catchword of modern urban policy despite lacking precise meaning and often being used in a variety of different discourses. Whereas Hemphill et al. deal in their article with the move from state control and regulation of urban policy towards local empowerment and decentralised decision-making, in some cases of this phenomenon we are also seeing scaling-up to the regional level. This paper discusses the chan...

2003

Land Use Policy, 2003

Implementation of spatial policy involves intervention in the land market. In the Netherlands local government also acts as a land developer. Due to an increase in activities in the land market by private actors and an increase in the geographical scale of economic and social processes, this practice is under threat. This paper analyses the background and evolution of Dutch spatial development policy during the last ten years, from the perspective of governmental directive function for spatial policy. It focuses on the multilevel governance between local and regional governments and between local government and private actors.

The Sustainable City IX, 2014

This paper will analyse the developments in the spatial planning system in the Netherlands, as of the industrial revolution, as it has led to good practices of international recognition, but now seems to be under pressure because of the increasing complexity and multiple crises induced by societal changes. This historical analysis will be conducted from a Transition and Cradle to Cradle perspective as the system is optimized, based on technological developments, demographic and economic growth, without integrating the benefits in ecologic and societal values. Various problems as ineffective use of space; loss of ecosystem services in the urbanized areas; and several social problems are the result. In other words, the spatial planning system has multiple system failures and is in need of an alternative perspective. This alternative perspective will be based on the autonomous developments and recurring patterns. We will highlight how the state, market and civil society could support the generation of ecological and societal benefits through the economic developments in the built environment.

The Evolving Scholar, 2023

Based on the understanding of the built environment as result of competing claims on space that must be resolved via recognition, fair distribution of burdens and benefits of our human association, respect and care for the planet and just procedures to decide on those claims, Spatial Planning and Strategy is a chair in the Department of Urbanism within the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of the Delft University of Technology, committed to helping create sustainability, resilience and spatial justice through the implementation of the New Urban Agenda, the Paris Climate Agreement and the European New Deal, among other frameworks. This commitment is reflected in activities, events, and courses. We are concerned with knowledge about the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of strategic and urban planning tools-visions, strategies, plans and programmes.

Spatial Panning Calendar

Overview of spatial planning documents and results in The Netherlands 1940-2015

Paper presented at the ERSA conference in …, 2005

What does the changing spatial planning practice mean for formal planning systems in European countries? The focus in this paper is on the new role for the regional level taking into account the principles of multi-level governance and subsidiarity. We analyse the recent changes in the spatial planning systems of the Netherlands, Flanders (Belgium), and England. The choice of these countries was inspired by the fact that radical changes were recently implemented (England and Flanders) or proposed (Netherlands). While the focus in the new role for the English region is on planning instruments and the institutional framework for the strategic role, the Flemish province has become better equipped for both the strategy and the implementation role. In comparison with the other two countries, the Dutch province has already disposed of its competences for the strategic role, so that the changes involve a reinforcement of the implementation role.