This paper contributes to the current spatial turn in planning research by analysing the Europeanization of strategic planning practices in a specific territory, and the consequent implications for spatial justice. The narratives of policy making presented suggest that the normative construct of polycentric urban development, underpinned by the fundamental spatial organizing principles of frictionless mobility and balanced regional development, led to new expressions and meanings of space in the South Yorkshire case. These challenged the prevailing view on the future of the former coal mining communities, and reasserted a model of economic growth based on the indigenous assets held in city centres.
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