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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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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