The actions of key agents in facilitating rural super-gentrification: Evidence from the English countryside

Whilst the process of gentrification in rural spaces is widely recognised, there has been less focus to date on emergence super-gentrification - defined as displacement wealthy from communities by super-wealthy. Of limited work which conducted super-gentrification, this focused nature and outcomes taking place different settings without considering actions key agents, such planners estate agents. Consequently, paper explores role gentrifying agents namely shaping processes English countryside. The highlights how restrictive planning regimes, including constraints higher plot densities, contribute ‘rural exclusivity’ super-gentrification. Within contexts, promotional steering strategies based upon incomers perceived economic cultural capital also facilitate In a way, advances existing consumption-side theories highlighting desires super-wealthy for consuming village locations with local services, slower pace life ‘sense community’. addition, importance privacy seclusion, urban proximity connectivity access educational circuits shape more localised ‘micro-geographies’ are relevance areas comparison where argued be neighbourhood-level phenomenon.