¹School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3WA, UK

Correspondence: Mike Biddulph, Tel: +44-0-29-20876293; Fax: +44-0-29-20874845; E-mail: BiddulphMJ@cardiff.ac.uk

Abstract

The home zone concept has been one of the UK's major contributions to applying liveable street concepts within the UK. This paper reviews the decade of work that has seen the development of the concept in the UK, and reviews the overall lessons resulting from a range of interrelated initiatives. The paper draws on a number of sources and the experiences of the author during this time, tying together the results of formal and informal research, including policy and research reviews, semi-structured interviews with key practitioners and residents, consultancy work for local authorities, campaigning for specific schemes on behalf of residents' groups, visits to and reflections on finished schemes, and informal discussions with residents.