Book · Scorgie Planning Press
The Quiet Work of Planning
Between Policy Permission and Routine Delivery
An examination of the everyday work required to turn more permissive planning policy into predictable project delivery.
New housing permissions do not immediately change the systems that deliver them. The Quiet Work of Planning examines the interval between policy change and routine practice, where inherited zoning, technical review, minor variances and local expectations continue to shape individual projects.
Moving across Toronto’s corridors, neighbourhood edges and laneways, Blair Scorgie follows the repeated adjustments made by applicants, staff and decision-makers. The book asks what makes an outcome easier to repeat, and why projects supported in principle can still require considerable effort to carry through.
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CONTENTS Preface...............................................................................................................1 Chapter 1: The Phase Shift...........................................................................3 Chapter 2: From Policy Scarcity To Implementation Congestion.........8 Chapter 3: The Hybrid Regulatory City....................................................13 Chapter 4: The Middle Approvals Gap....................................................18 Chapter 5: Risk, Monitoring, And Institutional Comfort.......................24 Chapter 6: Corridors As Normalization Tests........................................29 Chapter 7: Edges Under Strain..................................................................35 Chapter 8: The Neighbourhood Interior.................................................41 Chapter 9: Secondary Networks, Primary Effects..................................46 Chapter 10: The Geography Of Certainty...............................................52 Chapter 11: Toward Implementation Maturity.......................................57 Chapter 12: The Next Phase Of Attention..............................................63 Methodology..................................................................................................68 Interlude 1: The Work Between The Rules.............................................72 Interlude 2: One Parcel In..........................................................................76 Interlude 3: Quiet Systems..........................................................................79 Interlude 4: The Four Tests In Practice...................................................83 Interlude 5: The Shape Of Routine...........................................................87 Application.....................................................................................................91 Author.............................................................................................................93
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