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Tag Archives: Community economic development
Creative, community development and facilitation skills for healthy, prosperous, beautiful places – Raynsford Review #5
This is the final of five posts, outlining the TCPA’s Raynsford Review of 2018, and its reframing of the English Planning System, which I think could be both a highly useful discussion opportunity and potentially a practical tool for communities, … Continue reading
Do we need a new building code and new planning ethical code of conduct? – Raynsford Review #4
This fourth post on the Raynsford Review is about Recommendations 11 and 24 ‘Consideration of a new building code’ and ‘Do no harm’ obligation in built environment professional codes of conduct’. There have been three previous posts one, two and three. … Continue reading
Tagged Climate Change, Climate resilience, community, Community Development, Community economic development, Community Wealth Building, Energy, health, Participation, Planning, regeneration, Sustainable development, Urban, Urban Design, Urban development, Urban regeneration, Urbanism, wellbeing
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People-centred, participatory planning, with Local Authorities proactively shaping development towards the greater health and wellbeing of their citizens – Raynsford Review #3
This third post on the Raynsford Review will take a look at some of its other recommendations. The Review makes 24 in total, they interlink to make a comprehensive reframing of the purpose and practice of planning in England. For the … Continue reading
Tagged Co-creation, co-design, co-production, community, Community Development, Community economic development, Community Wealth Building, England, health, Local Authority, Participation, placemaking, Planning, regeneration, Sustainable development, Urban, Urban Design, Urban development, Urban regeneration, Urbanism, wellbeing
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Is planning about land licensing or a creative practice of shaping places with people? – Raynsford Review #2
This is the second post exploring the Raynsford Review of the English Planning System (see the first post here). The review was undertaken during 2017 and 2018 and the final report was completed in November 2018. During the process of analysing … Continue reading
Planning’s role could be to ‘positively promote the long-term sustainable development of the nation and the health, safety and wellbeing of individuals’
These next few posts are going to be about the TCPA’s (Town and Country Planning Association) Raynsford Review of the English planning system. In 2017, I took part in one of the Raynsford Review consultations to gather evidence, to enable the … Continue reading
Agency, empowerment and the role of co-production when working with community groups #3
This is the last (for the time being) of three consecutive blog posts thinking around issues to do with co-production. I was particularly interested in Beth Perry’s presentation at this Jam and Justice event, where she identified that co-production might be … Continue reading
Making a difference: Bradford and Plymouth
I’ve been excited to meet and talk to individuals working against the odds in their towns to make a positive difference to their towns and small cities. Artists Jean McEwan and Chemaine Cooke of Wur Bradford (see June 18 blog post) … Continue reading
Making a difference: Newcastle under Lyme and the 6 Potteries Towns
Following on from October’s blog, I’ve recently been listening to a couple of podcasts addressing issues relating to towns: Weekly Economics Podcast (from New Economics Foundation): Is it the end of the Road for the High Street? & Ed Miliband … Continue reading
Making a difference in Plymouth, Newcastle Under Lyme, Bradford
This next couple of blog posts are some very early musings on the current relationship between towns and cities and highlights some learning and thinking I’ve been doing about this. As an adult I’ve always lived in big cities (Sheffield, … Continue reading
Musings on Markets #4: How to find ways to solve issues of gentrification?
Following directly on from my previous post on street food and artisan markets – this post considers their relationship to the traditional market. These new food halls and artisan markets aren’t delivering what the traditional market does. They are considered by … Continue reading
