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Community infrastructure in new residential developments

Community infrastructure in new residential developments. # communityassests. Joseph Rowntree Foundation Seminar Series on Community Assets 15th February 2011 Community Infrastructure in New Residential Developments. Marilyn Taylor Associates www.consultmta.co.uk. Setting the scene.

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Community infrastructure in new residential developments

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  1. Community infrastructure in new residential developments #communityassests

  2. Joseph Rowntree FoundationSeminar Series on Community Assets 15th February 2011Community Infrastructure in New Residential Developments Marilyn Taylor Associates www.consultmta.co.uk

  3. Setting the scene • The community infrastructure of a new place is as important a contributor to its future success – and its economic value – as the housing itself and other aspects of physical design. • Much greater attention needs to be given to future stewardship from the start of the planning process – and throughout. • The potential contribution of the community ownership of assets is largely ignored, or inadequately planned for.

  4. Facilities and Public Realm • Open/green spaces • Playgrounds/sports • Allotments • Youth Centres • Community Centres • Library • Schools • Health Centre • Places of worship • Broadband • Energy/power • Roads and transport services • Car parks • Shops • Pub • Enterprise Units/Offices

  5. Planning Obligations Section 106 Agreements Community Infrastructure Levy • Site specific, voluntary agreements which form part of a planning permission • Can include for revenue payments as well as capital or physical provision • Used extensively to require the provision of affordable housing • A tariff, or charge, applied to all developments (or those above a certain stipulated size) • Applied generally to provide for local infrastructure needs • Cannot be used to specify requirements for affordable housing • Can include for revenue payments • A ‘meaningful proportion’ will in future be allocated back to neighbourhoods affected by a development

  6. Decentralisation & Localism Bill • Local benefits from development • Reforms to CIL • New Homes Bonus • Assets of community value: Community Right to Buy • Proposals for neighbourhood planning: • New rights for local communities to prepare a Neighbourhood Development Plan and to instigate Neighbourhood Development Orders • Community Right to Build • Applicants for planning permission for large developments will have a duty to consult • Diversify the supply of public services • Community Right to Challenge

  7. London’s First Parish Council? Last month residents in Westminster’s Queen’s Park turned out in force to support the launch of a local campaign to set up London’s first Parish Council.

  8. Brixton GreenCommunity Shares Pilot a community owned and community controlled development company planning a £60m redevelopment of council-owned land in the centre of Brixton for a mix of residential and community uses to high environmental standards target of recruiting 7,500 members and raising an initial £150,000 of share capital

  9. London CitizensSt Clements Hospital (Tower Hamlets)

  10. Four Critical Stages for Community Infrastructure • Consultation and engagement • focused on empowerment, from the start and throughout • Designing facilities • designing for income and taking a flexible approach • Stewardship and business planning • How the place will be run and the financial viability of social and community infrastructure • Supporting the process • the vital contribution of community development support

  11. Creating ‘social good’ from energy infrastructure? A £5million, 10,000 solar panel development has been given the go-ahead in the north of Pembrokeshire. The solar park can expect to benefit from 29.3p per kilawatt hour of energy it generates as part of the Government’s new ‘feed in tariff’. Part of the income from the 2MW solar park is intended to help cover the costs of running the Rhos-y-gilwen Arts Centre.

  12. Key Questions for Debate Can the new mechanisms of the Neighbourhood Plan and the Neighbourhood Development Order be used effectively by communities to secure the type and extent of community infrastructure that they want? To what extent can the new Community Right to Build be used to progress community‐led development or community asset ownership as part of new development? How can we use the processes of community engagement in planning to help grow participative governance arrangements for new places?

  13. Community infrastructure in new residential developments #communityassests

  14. Lessons from Europe Planning and delivering Sustainable Urban Neighbourhoods Dr Nicholas Falk URBED February 2011

  15. Challenges for community building • The UK is in a crisis eg collapse of house-building • ‘ …‘lack of house-building enabling infrastructure’ Local Growth White Paper • New models are needed

  16. Innovation is possible – but difficult in the UK • Mixed uses eg Brighton’s New England Quarter • Communal space e.g. Homes for Change, Hulme • Open space e.g. Shenley Park Hulme Brighton New England Quarter

  17. Sustainable Urban Neighbourhoods depend on • Proximity to good jobs and services • Realistically priced land • Good infrastructure up front • Responsiveness to demand • Careful management Orchard Park, Cambridge

  18. European experience offers the best route map

  19. Through urban extensions NOT free standing settlements e.g. The Netherlands

  20. Residential developments should be well connected • Easy walking and cycling and frequent buses • Local restaurants and schools as meeting places Vathorst, Amersfoort

  21. Houten Vathorst • Lots of small play areas Kattenbroek

  22. Community engagement is key • Freiburg charter: ‘city of neighbourhoods’ with decentralised governance’ • Community ownership of sports facilities, churches and natural spaces eg trees • Greater use of coops Rieselfeld, Freiburg

  23. With places to meet locally • Social balance • Active community engagement eg public space • Interim uses of shops Rieselfeld, Freiburg Kronsberg, Hanover Rieselfeld, Freiburg

  24. So how does local leadership work? • Development frameworks for strategic sites • Joint Venture Companies • Community arts and sports associations • Greater lfiscal autonomy • Municipal banks e.g. BMG • Housing coops • Working together Freiburg

  25. Neighbourhood wardens and community associations, but NOT community centres! Almere

  26. Want to know more? n.falk@urbed.co.uk www.urbed.co.uk

  27. For further information go towww.urbed.co.uk

  28. Community infrastructure in new residential developments #communityassests

  29. CATERHAM BARRACKS

  30. An image of what it really means

  31. Community infrastructure in new residential developments #communityassests

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