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Community-Led Planning

Community-Led Planning. (Parish Planning) Town and Parish Forum 30 th October 2013. Jenny Kirkwood Rural Community Action Nottinghamshire. Rural Community Action Nottinghamshire. Rural Intelligence Community Planning Transport and Access Health Economic Development Environment.

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Community-Led Planning

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  1. Community-Led Planning (Parish Planning) Town and Parish Forum 30th October 2013 Jenny Kirkwood Rural Community Action Nottinghamshire

  2. Rural Community Action Nottinghamshire • Rural Intelligence • Community Planning • Transport and Access • Health • Economic Development • Environment

  3. Contents • What is a Community-Led Plan? • Why do a Community-Led • The process • Consultation • Why? • Who? • How? • Funding • Role of the Parish Council • How RCAN can help

  4. What is a Community-Led Plan? • Announced in the 2000 “Rural White Paper” • Complemented by current policies to devolve government to the lowest level possible. • Plans “… set out a vision of whatis important…and should identify key facilities and services, set out the problems that need to be tackled and demonstrate how distinctive character and features can be preserved.”

  5. What is a Community-Led Plan? • In short, a ‘statement of how the community sees itself developing in the near future’. • 5 – 10 year vision • “Bottom up” – prepared by the community for the community • Holistic and comprehensive • Opportunity for rural communities to decide what they want to do and tools to help them do it: how do we tackle our issues of concern? • Based on research and consultation

  6. Why do a Community-Led Plan? • Breadth of issues: • Information and communication • Community safety • Housing and employment • Health and community care • Children and Young People • Services and amenities • Community facilities • Transport and travel • Green spaces and countryside access • Leisure and recreation • Environment and conservation • Local governance

  7. Why do a Community-Led Plan? • Project instigation/support: • Improvements to public places • Additional services • Youth activities and child care • Health or social projects • Affordable housing

  8. Why do a Community-Led Plan? • Involves the community  community spirit and confidence • Focused base for action - identifies local problems and solutions  goals • Inform policy making and build working relationships with local service providers • Evidence of need for projects

  9. The Process • Get the community on board • Contact possible partners • Set up steering group - wide range of backgrounds and interests • Conduct a skills search • Prepare costings and source funding • Consultation • Action planning • Write and publish • Celebrate • Time frame – 1 to 2 years

  10. Consultation: Why? • Opportunity to gather information from your community: • ensures the final Plan reflect the views of all sections of the community • identifies which features and local characteristics people value; • identifies local problems and opportunities; • spells out how residents want the community to develop in the future • Potentially validates your ideas • Provides innovative solutions to issues • Funders expect it • Buy-in from the Community

  11. Consultation: Who? • Those who live there • Those who work there • Those you hope to influence i.e. service providers • Your neighbours • Local interest groups Chance for everyone to have a say

  12. Consultation: How? • Depends on community needs • How you can get all of the community to have a say • Have to choose the methods which will work and reach your community • Use a mix of methods dependant on topic to be discussed • Options include: • Mapping/visioning methods • Questionnaires/surveys • Action planning • Events

  13. Funding • Cost: £3,000 - £6,000 depending on consultation undertaken. • Awards for All • Businesses • Parish, Borough and County Council funding • Fundraising events

  14. Role of the Parish Council • Responsibility for producing and endorsing the plan • NOT to do it all • Support the steering group and its associated working groups • Formal adoption • Ensuring the plan is monitored • Ongoing Review

  15. How RCAN can help • Seek to promote the social and economic well being of rural communities • Development of over 50 Parish Plans • Knowledge/experience/expertise • Resources • Provide a professional design service

  16. Published plans in the Borough • East Leake • Aslockton • East Bridgford • Gotham • Cotgrave • Normanton on Soar • Hickling • Tollerton • Langar cum Barnstone • Cropwell Bishop • Granby cum Sutton • Shelford and Newton • Keyworth • Orston • Upper Saxondale • Willoughby on the Wolds

  17. Plans in development • Radcliffe on Trent • East Leake • Kingston on Soar • Ruddington Interest expressed: • East Bridgford • Bingham

  18. Conclusion • About your community • Bring people together • Consultation • Create a • cohesive and safe place to live • place full of aspirations Community Led Plans look to the future, ensure there is a future

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