Presentation from Geoff Wright given as part of MADE's Neighbourhood Planning event

1. Rural Masterplan Fund –localism in practice?Geoff Wright MADE Event 22 March 2011

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4. MADE 22 March 2011 Rural Masterplanning Fund 6 “high scoring” places LPA/ Parish dialogue Community Involvement Piloting ‘localism’

5. Basics-Mapping Services and Links Constraints MADE 22 March 2011

6. Lichfield- 3 Stage (so far) Process evidence base/ questionnaires July-Sept 10 all parishes workshop Nov 10 6 place workshops Feb 11 MADE 22 March 2011

7. Exhibitions-presenting info MADE 22 March 2011

8. Exhibitions-Feedback play back/ validate LDF-evidence MADE 22 March 2011

9. MADE 22 March 2011 Design in planning Good design is indivisible from good planning’ (PPS1)2005‘

10. MADE 22 March 2011 Firmness Will it last? Functionality Does it work? What is “Good Design”? Delight: Does it look good?

11. Principles of rural settlement design PLACES 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 Urbanism MADE 22 March 2011

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14. MADE 22 March 2011 Street 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 2011 Planning for places Tell the story Set the agenda Say it clearly

18. MADE 22 March 2011 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

19. MADE 22 March 2011 Key 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 member MADE 22 March 2011

21. MADE 22 March 2011 Key findings Tower 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 2011 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

24. MADE 22 March 2011 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

25. MADE 22 March 2011 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

26. MADE 22 March 2011 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

27. MADE 22 March 2011 Tell the story- concepts of Whittington rural centre staffordshire village garrison town dormitory settlement history and structure canalside my village-community

28. MADE 22 March 2011 Tell the story-100 years atWhittington

29. MADE 22 March 2011 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?

30. MADE 22 March 2011 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

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32. 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 MADE 22 March 2011

33. Rural Masterplan Fund –localism in practice?Geoff Wright MADE Event 22 March 2011