The leasehold system of urban development: Land tenure, decision-making and the land market in urban development and land use

Archer R. W. (1974) The leasehold system of urban development: Land tenure, decision-making and the land market in urban development and land use, Reg. Studies 8, 225–238. The leasehold system is considered as an alternative system of urban development to the usual system which is based on freehold land and statutory planning. The essential features of the leasehold system are a large scale landowner organization which plans, develops and subdivides the land, sells the leasehold sites for private and government building development, and manages the leasehold estate and the eventual redevelopment. The main features and requirements of the system are examined and it is considered against the alternative systems of urban development. These are the freehold land and land market, the freehold land and statutory planning, the large-scale land development, and the public land and buildings systems.