Geoff Wright
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This document summarizes a presentation on the Rural Masterplan Fund and its role in piloting localism. It discusses the 6 places selected for the fund, a 3-stage community involvement process in Lichfield including evidence gathering, workshops, and exhibitions. Key findings from CABE emphasize focusing plans on places rather than themes. Workshops explored issues like a settlement's scale and relationships. Examples from Whittington discussed developing a local vision and different types of plans. Lessons highlighted appreciating local context and vital independent facilitation to enable local involvement in planning.
Geoff Wright
- 1. Rural Masterplan Fund –localism in practice?Geoff WrightMADE Event 22 March 2011
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- 4. MADE 22 March 2011Rural Masterplanning Fund6 “high scoring” placesLPA/ Parish dialogueCommunity InvolvementPiloting ‘localism’
- 5. Basics-MappingServices and LinksConstraintsMADE 22 March 2011
- 6. Lichfield- 3 Stage (so far) Processevidence base/ questionnaires July-Sept 10all parishes workshop Nov 106 place workshops Feb 11MADE 22 March 2011
- 7. Exhibitions-presenting infoMADE 22 March 2011
- 8. Exhibitions-Feedbackplay back/ validateLDF-evidenceMADE 22 March 2011
- 9. MADE 22 March 2011Design in planningGood design is indivisible from good planning’ (PPS1)2005‘
- 10. MADE 22 March 2011FirmnessWill it last?FunctionalityDoes it work?What is “Good Design”?Delight:Does it look good?
- 11. Principles of rural settlement designPLACES NOT PROCEDURES“Our predicament is this; we admire one kind of place but we consistently build something very different”Andres Duany, Congress for the New UrbanismMADE 22 March 2011
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- 14. MADE 22 March 2011Street structure-connected or disconnected?
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- 16. Fitting In, adding something special or just building? MADE 22 March 2011
- 17. MADE 22 March 2011Planning for placesTell the storySet the agendaSay it clearly
- 18. MADE 22 March 2011CABE 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
- 19. MADE 22 March 2011Key findings“The focus should be on places, not on themes and housing numbers.” – panel member
- 20. 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 memberMADE 22 March 2011
- 21. MADE 22 March 2011Key findingsTower Hamlets Core Strategy“Unless you’ve got some clearer direction in here, you won’t get what you want.”
- 22. MADE 22 March 2011“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
- 23. MADE 22 March 2011Tell 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 othersareas that are stable or need actionthe particular opportunities a place offers.specific and locally relevant vision
- 24. MADE 22 March 2011Set the agenda – why and how?local leadershipfocus the benefits of changepromote the place based possibilities work out how old and new should relatebe clear how the vision could be deliveredoutline how and when things could happen
- 25. MADE 22 March 2011Say it clearly – why and how?help people understand and engageclear expectations influence developersprioritise the key issuesselective and concise, using plain english use graphics, maps and photographs
- 26. MADE 22 March 2011Workshops- scale and relationships200-10,000 people role in sub region self contained / interdependent (20/80%?)local? employment, travel to work, home working educational, social and cultural opportunitieslifestyles offeredpush/ pull –attractive/ unattractive features
- 27. MADE 22 March 2011Tell the story- concepts of Whittingtonrural centrestaffordshire villagegarrison towndormitory settlementhistory and structurecanalsidemy village-community
- 28. MADE 22 March 2011Tell the story-100 years atWhittington
- 29. MADE 22 March 2011Local choice-next 20 yrs social and economic structure/ mix local lifestyles –living and working?changes to physical shape/layout/linkagessetting, arrival, landmarks, skylines, viewsidentity -old and newgreenspace, walking and cycling (networks)learning -mistakes/ successes locally and in comparator placestesting what if? scenariossustainability-social, economic and environmenteasy wins/ hard calls for the market local vision or allocation/ applications/appeals led?
- 30. MADE 22 March 2011What sort of plan for Whittington?Projects list (updated)Default option (schedules planning approvals plus local projects) Charter for changeMore of/ less of priorities -directions of travel Manifesto (avoids detail)Detailed Masterplan Fully detailed local visionLocally generated, endorsed by District Council
- 31. WorkshopsMADE 22 March 2011
- 32. Lessons for LocalismAppreciate local context –’neat’ and ‘messy’ places (parish boundaries and focus?)Vital role of independant facilitationUse the story of changeDon’t dumb downPeople understand change, but they want to be involved.Planners/ LDF need to ‘enable’Resource implications-LPA and parishes MADE 22 March 2011
- 33. Rural Masterplan Fund –localism in practice?Geoff WrightMADE Event 22 March 2011
Editor's Notes
- #12: PLACE NOT PROCEDURE