The UK pilot home zone programme: emerging thoughts and lessons

This paper reviews the key lessons emerging from the process of implementing 14 pilot home zone schemes in the UK. It discusses the origin of the concept and reviews the recent interest in home zones in the UK. It briefly reviews the Government's commitment to providing an appropriate legislative and policy context and also funding for the implementation of the concept. It then introduces the pilot schemes and reviews the lessons and debates emerging from the process of both planning and designing the pilot projects. Finally, the article reviews what is now being done to promote the concept to a wider audience and encourage its wider implementation.