An investigation into decision-making and delivery activities following design-led events in collaborative planning
ISSN: 2631-6862
Article publication date: 29 March 2021
Issue publication date: 28 October 2021
Abstract
Purpose
This paper is concerned with what should happen after design-led events have been held to promote co-decision-making, between professionals and local stakeholders, in collaborative planning of the built environment. Rather than being standalone, such events form one single step in a multi-stage collaborative planning process. What comes before and after them has to be acknowledged as important to their effective contribution to collaborative planning. This paper aims to make a case for giving more attention to the post-event stages of collaborative planning, to ensure that the involvement of the public produces real and tangible benefits.
Design/methodology/approach
Content analysis of both academic and grey literatures was undertaken to examine emerging advice on how to conduct decision-making, the implementation of outputs and the delivery of desired outcomes, after design-led events. A critical review of the post-event decision-making and delivery activities is offered, which aims to add to the current academic literature on the deployment of design-led events. An attempt is made to sketch out the characteristics of post-event stages, drawn from the literature and collated specific examples of collaborative planning investigated in Scotland.
Findings
Three key factors are identified as affecting the successful implementation of decisions reached at design-led events: (1) a shared follow-on plan, (2) an agreed action programme for delivering this and (3) a properly constituted and resourced delivery vehicle that can monitor and evaluate progress. A research agenda to address questions raised but left unanswered is suggested dealing with how the decision-making and delivery activities following design-led events in collaborative planning might be improved.
Originality/value
A research agenda to address questions raised but left unanswered is suggested dealing with how the decision-making and delivery activities following design-led events in collaborative planning might be improved.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Professor Ashraf Salama, the editor of International Journal of Architectural Research, and the two anonymous reviewers for their thoughtful comments on and constructive contributions to this article. Also, the authors would like to thank Barbara Illsley for her critical reviews and technical advices on the earlier versions of this paper.
Conflicts of interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Citation
AlWaer, H., Rintoul, S. and Cooper, I. (2021), "An investigation into decision-making and delivery activities following design-led events in collaborative planning", Archnet-IJAR, Vol. 15 No. 3, pp. 752-773. https://doi.org/10.1108/ARCH-10-2020-0246
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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