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In this paper we seek to develop the concept of dwelling as a means of theorising place and landscape. We do this for two interconnected reasons. First, dwelling has come to the fore recently as an approach to nature, place, and landscape, but we argue that further development of this idea is required in order to address issues relating to romantic views of places, authenticity, localness, and the way we 'see' landscapes. Second, we turn to the notion of dwelling to develop interconnected views of the world which can still retain a notion of place, a key but problematic concept within geography, landscape studies, and environmental thinking. In particular, we seek to develop ideas of place within the context of actor network theory. We explore the notion of dwelling in Heidegger and as adapted by Ingold, and we trace how dwelling has been deployed subsequently in studies of landscape and place. We then develop a more critical appreciation of dwelling in the context of an orchard in Somerset which we have researched as a place of hybrid constructions of culture and nature.

Studies of rural planning have only recently begun to focus on concepts of policy‐making and implementation which have been developed in urban and regional contexts. Although recognizing the need for inter‐organizational frameworks, this paper investigates one particular factor in policy‐making – officer‐member relations – as illustrated in the structure plan‐making process of Gloucestershire County Council. Through a partnership between senior officers who were able to orchestrate decision‐making, and elite members who provided political support for technical policy justifications, a form of directed policy consensus was reached. The consensus in this particular structure plan was marked by the prominence of a political‐bureaucratic goal to provide policy‐responses to rural problems. This theme was diluted, however, when the plan moved from the local to the central arena of power.