Private sector-led urban development is often associated with planning in the UK and USA. However, in the Netherlands a tendency towards more private sector involvement can be noticed as well. So, it is extremely relevant to look at the development practice in these countries and to see what we can learn from it. This research…

This paper addresses the current status of a PhD research on changing public and private roles in urban area development in the Netherlands. Socio-economic and organisational developments towards more Anglo Saxon principles, National spatial planning policy’s emphasis on the planning development concept and coercive tendering procedures of European Law puts established relationships between public and…