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Presentation from Geoff Wright given as part of MADE's Neighbourhood Planning eventTRANSCRIPT
Rural Masterplan Fund –localism in practice?
Geoff WrightMADE Event 22 March 2011
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Rural Masterplanning Fund
6 “high scoring” places
LPA/ Parish dialogue
Community Involvement
Piloting ‘localism’
Basics-Mapping
Services and Links Constraints
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Lichfield- 3 Stage (so far) Process
evidence base/ questionnaires July-Sept 10
all parishes workshop Nov 10
6 place workshops Feb 11
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Exhibitions-presenting info
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Exhibitions-Feedback
play back/ validate
LDF-evidence
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Design in planning
Good design is indivisible from good planning’
(PPS1)2005‘
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What is “Good Design”?
Delight:
Does it look good?
Functionality
Does it work?
Firmness
Will it last?
Principles of rural settlement design
“Our predicament is this; we admire one kind of place but
we consistently build something very different”
Andres Duany, Congress for the New Urbanism
PLACES NOT PROCEDURES
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Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 40
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Series 1Series 2Series 3
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Street structure-connected or disconnected?
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Fitting In, adding something special or just building?
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Planning for places
Tell the story
Set the agenda
Say it clearly
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CABE LDF Key findings
‘you have the passion, and the knowledge in
your head. We’ve heard it today, and now we
just need to see it written’ – panel member
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Key findings
“The focus should be
on places, not on
themes and housing
numbers.” – panel
member
Key findings
‘We really need to focus on place, and the areas
that make up the place. How does it feel and
work now and into the future.’ - panel member
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Key findings
“Unless you’ve got some clearer direction in
here, you won’t get what you want.”
Tower Hamlets Core Strategy
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“Locally specific is your game –
you’ve done the all the hard work and have the evidence, you need
to decide what’s special and what you want” – panel member
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Tell the story – why and how?
quality of place matters (not generic policies)
history, context, physical characteristics
the people and communities that live there
how the area functions and relates to others
areas that are stable or need action
the particular opportunities a place offers.
specific and locally relevant vision
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Set the agenda – why and how?
local leadership focus the benefits of change promote the place based possibilities work out how old and new should relate be clear how the vision could be delivered outline how and when things could happen
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Say it clearly – why and how?
help people understand and engage clear expectations influence developers prioritise the key issues selective and concise, using plain english use graphics, maps and photographs
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Workshops- scale and relationships
200-10,000 people
role in sub region self contained / interdependent (20/80%?)
local? employment, travel to work, home working
educational, social and cultural opportunities
lifestyles offered
push/ pull –attractive/ unattractive features
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Tell the story- concepts of Whittington
rural centre
staffordshire village
garrison town
dormitory settlement
history and structure
canalside
my village-community
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Tell the story-100 years atWhittington
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Local choice-next 20 yrs
social and economic structure/ mix
local lifestyles –living and working?
changes to physical shape/layout/linkages
setting, arrival, landmarks, skylines, views
identity -old and new
greenspace, walking and cycling (networks)
learning -mistakes/ successes locally and in comparator
places
testing what if? scenarios
sustainability-social, economic and environment
easy wins/ hard calls for the market
local vision or allocation/ applications/appeals led?
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What sort of plan for Whittington?
Projects list (updated)
Default option (schedules planning approvals plus
local projects)
Charter for change
More of/ less of priorities -directions of travel
Manifesto (avoids detail)
Detailed Masterplan
Fully detailed local vision
Locally generated, endorsed by District Council
Workshops
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Lessons for Localism
Appreciate local context –’neat’ and ‘messy’
places (parish boundaries and focus?)
Vital role of independant facilitation
Use the story of change
Don’t dumb down
People understand change, but they want to be
involved.
Planners/ LDF need to ‘enable’
Resource implications-LPA and parishes
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Rural Masterplan Fund –localism in practice?
Geoff WrightMADE Event 22 March 2011