Sophie Jeffreys

Sophie Jeffreys is editor of OpenDemocracy’s Ecology and Place Theme and is a a Conservative District Councillor in North Wiltshire.

The duty to disobey

Ill be marching on Sunday, along with hundreds of thousands of others. The march is officially about the need to defend the countryside from political prejudice. But the catalyst

By Sophie Jeffreys

/ 17 Sep 2002

The planning process: a local councillors view

Debates about planning tend to focus on the political process. Is it democratic? Do those affected by planning decisions have a sufficient say in them? Is everything weighted towards the

By Sophie Jeffreys

/ 3 Oct 2001

The future is classical

The current crisis over planning has been caused less by the shortage of space or an increase in the need for it, than by the disaster of modern architecture and

By Roger Scruton and Sophie Jeffreys

/ 7 Aug 2001

Sophie Jeffreys

The duty to disobey

The planning process: a local councillor&#146;s view

The future is classical

The planning process: a local councillors view