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Community Led Planning. Nick Chase Director of Policy, ACRE Liz Bourne AMT. What is Community Led Planning?. Community Led Planning (CLP) is a step-by-step process that can empower your community to take action and make your local area a better place.
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Community Led Planning Nick Chase Director of Policy, ACRE Liz Bourne AMT
What is Community Led Planning? Community Led Planning (CLP) is a step-by-step process that can empower your community to take action and make your local area a better place. • different people should be able to come together, develop a shared understanding of the features and characteristics of your community and ultimately agree upon a range of actions that can be delivered for the benefit of everyone locally. • CLP is also the perfect way to prepare your community to take advantage of new ‘rights’ announced by the Coalition Government, including Neighbourhood Planning.
What happens? LEAD: a framework for CLP Three groups of actors: • Communities – LEAD on the process • Community organisations – independent facilitation and brokering • Local authorities – infrastructural support
Our support for CLP • Members provide nation-wide facilitative support for CLP groups • Resources to help communities undertake CLPs • Work with government to raise the profile of CLP and its relevance to current government policy • Rural Evidence resource for communities
ACRE CLP toolkit http://www.acre.org.uk/our-work/community-led-planning/NEW+CLP+Toolkit
Outcomes • Community buy in and ownership • High rates of participation • New volunteers, new community groups and renewed interest in community wellbeing • Deliberative decision making • Constructive dialogue with local authorities and other service providers • New local projects and services taken on by the community
Community Led Planning or Neighbourhood Planning? • Very similar approaches • You don’t need to start again! • If you have an existing Town or Parish Plan, it may just be a case of refreshing it • Neighbourhood Development Plans and Orders are optional and your community may feel you don’t require one.
Products and Services Neighbourhood Planning Roadshow Planned for the new year - £cost MOT – bespoke sessions for town councils and partnerships - £250/275 Working towards a Community Plan / Neighbourhood Plan- £costed Town Action Planning – online workbook/ facilitation - £costed
Questions? Nick Chase n.chase@acre.org.uk 01285 653477 ext. 102 Liz Bourne Liz.bourne@towns.org.uk 01264 720500