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Abstract
This paper investigates the frequent claim that planning is a ‘barrier’ to developing digital networks (mobile telephony and broadband), causing ‘delay’ and deficits in rural network coverage. It draws on planning applications data and expert interviews gathered in Wales. It found only a relatively small proportion of infrastructure applications failing to gain consent but that developers did perceive planning uncertainty and constraints to adversely affect network roll out. However, economics rather than planning has been the central factor limiting rural network coverage. More fundamentally, framing planning as a ’barrier’ to infrastructure delivery ignores how planning mediates between alternative technological pathways.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Geography and Planning (GEOPL) |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis Group |
ISSN: | 0269-7459 |
Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 19 December 2022 |
Date of Acceptance: | 13 December 2022 |
Last Modified: | 30 Mar 2023 16:34 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/155021 |
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