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Place Standard
How Good is Our Place?
www.placestandard.scot
Anthea Coulter
What is it?The Place Standard is a tool to assessthe quality of a place. It asks people toconsider 14 questions about importantaspects of a place. The questions covera broad range of both physical andsocial characteristics.
The Place Standard
Place Standard – How Good is Our Place?
What is place?
Physical Environment Social Environment
Each place is unique, complex and built from the interlinking relationships between the
people and their surroundings.
Why is place important?
Place Standard – How Good is Our Place?
Users consider each question in turn rating a place on a scale of 1 to 7.
1 = a lot of room for improvement7 = little need for improvement - the quality is as good as it can be.
Then you plot the ratings on the compass and join the dots to make a ‘spider’ diagram.
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Who is it for?
The Place Standard has been designed for a wide range of users.
It can be used by:• Community groups• Community Planning Partnerships• Local residents• Developers• The third sector• Architects
Where can it be used?
The Place Standard can be used to assessanywhere. It can be used in places thatare well-established, undergoing change,or still being planned.
It can be used in urban, sub-urban orrural settings and at different scales; theboundary of the place will be defined bythose using the tool.
street
neighbourhood
district
city
region
What is it like to live here?
When can it be used?
The Place Standard can be used at any time.
• Early stages – identifying needs and assets, aligning priorities and investment.
• During design and development stages – action planning
• For continuous improvement – monitoring changes and shared learning
Importantly, the tool allows assessment to be consistent andcomparable over time.
How we used the tool…
Community Justice Partnership
The objective of this project was to interview people withprotected characteristics and other disadvantaged groups, toprovide usable and accessible information for improvementopportunities and required changes.
The information gathered can provide a quantitative benchmarkand qualitative evidence to support community planning.
Project Overview
- The project took place between May 2018 and August 2018
- Aimed to gather the views of people that have been involved in the justice system, whether that be victims, perpetrators, family members, as well as those potentially at risk.
- 24 one-to-one interviews, and 2 group interviews were conducted
- Interviews lasted from 30 minutes to 2.5 hours.
Groups that were involved:
• Women’s Aid• ACE• Recovery Café• Women’s Group • Community Payback• Man Up• Oor Voices • Apex• People First
Group sessions
Demographics
Gathered further demographic information • to ensure we were collecting a representative sample
of specific groups• to analyse the data based on specific characteristics
- Ethnicity- Religion- Disability- Caring Responsibilities- Sexual orientation
Demographics
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20 andunder
21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70
Age of Respondents
Male54%
Female46%
Respondents by Gender
Male
Female
• Across all participants
• Gender
• People with a disability
Findings
Data for all participants
Average score for all participants
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2
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4
5
6
7
Moving around
Public transport
Traffic and parking
Streets and spaces
Natural Space
Play and recreation
Facilities and amneties
Work and local economy
Housing and community
Social interaction
Identity and belonging
Feeling safe
Care and maintenance
Influence and sense of control
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2
3
4
5
6
7
Moving around
Public transport
Traffic and parking
Streets and spaces
Natural Space
Play and recreation
Facilities and amneties
Work and local economy
Housing and community
Social interaction
Identity and belonging
Feeling safe
Care and maintenance
Influence and sense of control
Average score for all participants
3.50
3.12
3.15
Top three priority action areas
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6
5
3
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7
3
14
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12
6
11
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16
Num
ber
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icip
ants
Aspects of Clackmannanshire
Social interaction
- Money and transport issues impact
social interactions
- Hawkhill provides opportunities to meet
people
- Only places to socialise are cafes and
pubs
- Need more youth clubs
Feeling safe
- Judgement due to being homeless impacts
feeling of safety
- Don’t go out as don’t feel safe (isolated)
- Feel intimidated. People pick on me and
feel threatened.
- Lack of safety is specifically because of my
stalker
- Drug and alcohol use in public is scary and
intimidating
- Bus station in town is a problem
Work and local economy
- Hard to get jobs nowadays locally
- Limited options of places to work – takeaways, cafes, bookies
- Worse off working, staying on benefits.
- Employers have a stigma (mental health, previous offenders)
- Plenty of volunteering opportunities
- Lots of job competition
- Public transport limits work
Gender
Average score - males and females
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2
3
4
5
6
7
Moving around
Public transport
Traffic & parking
Streets & spaces
Natural Space
Play & recreation
Facilities & amneties
Work & local economy
Housing & community
Social interaction
Identity & belonging
Feeling safe
Care & maintenance
Influence & sense of control
Female Male
Males – Lowest scored themes
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Moving around
Public transport
Traffic & parking
Streets & spaces
Natural Space
Play & recreation
Facilities & amneties
Work & local economy
Housing & community
Social interaction
Identity & belonging
Feeling safe
Care & maintenance
Influence & sense of control
Female Male
Males – Lowest scored themes
Feeling Safe
Social InteractionWork & Local Economy
Female – Lowest scored themes
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Moving around
Public transport
Traffic & parking
Streets & spaces
Natural Space
Play & recreation
Facilities & amneties
Work & local economy
Housing & community
Social interaction
Identity & belonging
Feeling safe
Care & maintenance
Influence & sense of control
Female Male
Females – Lowest scored themes
Housing & Community
Social InteractionWork & Local Economy
Disability
Average scores – disables / non-disabled
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Moving around
Public transport
Traffic & parking
Streets & spaces
Natural Space
Play & recreation
Facilities & amneties
Work & local economy
Housing & community
Social interaction
Identity & belonging
Feeling safe
Care & maintenance
Influence & sense of control
Non-disabled Disabled
Qualitative responses from those with a disability
Traffic and Parking
- In town, people park wherever in
the blue badge spaces
- No traffic wardens which is a big
problem
Public transport:
- Buses can run late, which really
affects my anxiety
- Multiple buses are needed to get
to destinations
- Alloa bus station is a scary place
- Routes are bad at the weekend,
once an hour from the Hillfoots.
Housing and Community
- There needs to be more homeless
shelters that are safe and work with
mental health.
- I cannot afford to rent, it is expensive
- Not enough homes in the community
- Council properties are not properly
repaired
Further work
Town centre
• Averages overall quite low• Highest –
• moving around (4.64) • natural spaces (4.34)
• Lowest –• Work & Local Economy (3.36) • Feeling Safe (3.48)• Influence and Sense of Control
(3.33)• Care and Maintenance (3.33)
Place Standard – How Good is Our Place?
❑ Lovely green spaces ❑ Increased number of cafes to
socialise in❑ Rich history and heritage❑ Lots of cycle/walk ways❑ Travel easy for commuters❑ Free parking❑ Lots of volunteering
opportunities
So…lots of potential. Beautiful area.
Need to make appealing to tourists, and a place locals are proud of.
❑ Maintenance of green spaces not happening❑ Don’t feel safe after dark❑ Lack of accessibility for services that are there❑ Town Centre not appealing – litter, lots of closed
shops❑ Dog waste❑ Feeling that not enough being made of local
history ❑ Lack of employment opportunities ❑ Travel for Alloa good, but difficult to get further
afield (college, work)❑ Lack of lighting
So… reflects the scoring. People see things they think need changed, but don’t feel they have the power to influence. Lack of jobs. Despite being a beautiful place, not maintained.
Place Standard – How Good is Our Place?