Community Charters and Cultural Heritage

Mothiur Rahman

Community Charters “Cultural Heritage”

Neighbourhood Plans

• What is “cultural heritage”?• The Falkirk Inquiry • Community Values-based planning• Neighbourhood Plans?

Creating a Community Charter:What values, beliefs and aspirations do we share?

What are the local places in the landscape that are important to me and why?

What do I enjoy about living here and why?

When I was considering buying a house here, what did I picture?

How would we like our children to enjoy this place in 20 years’ time?

CBM production here in Falkirk is a concern for me because....'

What are our Community’s Assets? What do we collectively value and need to protect?

“Our children and that which promotes their wholesome

development”

What are our Community’s Assets? What do we collectively value and need to protect?

“The diversity and stability of our local

Ecosystem”

“Our homes as our sanctuary”

Council of Europe Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society

resources inherited from the past

a reflection and expression of … constantly evolving values, beliefs,

knowledge and traditions

all aspects of the environment resulting from the interaction between people and

places

Is this a “Material Consideration”?

• The Development Plan• Environmental Impact Assessment Directive• Draft EIA Directive– Zanoni Amendments– Recital 11: cultural heritage– Recital 12(d): Member States to give guidance

Falkirk - Adversarialwww.faug.org.uk

?Our Cultural Heritage is being harmed

• Community Charters• Consumers v Citizens• Common Cause (www.valuesandframes.org)"We are all shaped by our culture. Culture is a key influence in shaping our view of the world and our sense of responsibilities

within it […]”

• Neighbourhood Plans– Building “Evidence Base”– National Planning Policy Framework– Charter as part of “Vision and Aims”?– Sustainability Appraisal – how do the proposals

affect our “Cultural Heritage”?

• Promoting “cultural heritage”• The Falkirk Inquiry • Locally-led “values-based planning”• Neighbourhood Plans?

Thank you!

Mothiur Rahman