Over the past four decades, due to austerity and Neoliberal policies, the British state has privatised large parts of the economy and public sectors. Land and power in Britain are deeply intertwined where half of England is now owned by less than 1% of the population, typically members of the aristocracy and corporations. By revealing the hidden truth of public land sales.
Phase 00 is an attempt to response and mitigate the current governance planning system on Britain’s commonwealth-Public land ownership ,The insertion of Phase 00 as a bottom up participatory planning process and reformed of stakeholders’ groups is essential before governments put public’s assets onto the capitalist market. Public land sale is a global systemic issue, 95% of the people on Earth are gradually losing their purchasing and decision power to a few. if this public land sell-off continues, there could be none left by 2050.
Phase 00 - An attempt to mitigate the UK's current planning system
"As land changes hands, so does power."
The Tragedy of Enclosure, George Monbiot"
Austerity vs commonwealth in Britain
Public land sales in London 2020
Unintended consequences of public land sale from Elizabeth Line (CR2)
Public land sale due to Crossrail (Elizabeth Line) in East London.
Phase 00 inserted in RIBA stages and being activated throughout the process while building on public land.
This guideline sets out the minimum space required to support phase 00 in the process.
