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New guide for planning community needs
The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) have published a new guide, which focuses on how to deliver higher levels of community infastructure through participation in spacial planning.
‘Planning Community Needs – A guide to effective agreements and Statements of Community Involvement.’
The guide aims to help planning practitioners and developers deliver better quality development that meets the needs of the voluntary and community sector.
TCPA chief executive Gideon Amos said: “It is widely accepted that community participation is a key ingredient in the delivery of good planning outcomes.
“Not only a statutory requirement for Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) to consult on planning policies for their areas, it can also assist in the identification of local needs and problems, inform policy-making, and provide feedback on service delivery while at the same time fostering a sense of local ownership and civic pride,” Mr Amos added.
A key recommendation of the research for Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) is that Statements of Community Involvement (SCIs) should be focused on their users, and need to be clearly written, practical and usable.
RTPI policy director Rynd Smith: “Communities have little interest in the mechanics of the planning processes.
“They want to know which of their apparent needs can be met through planning. Developers are interested in a clear diagnosis of community needs that they can lawfully and reasonably be asked to meet.
“Both are interested in receiving advice from planners who can ‘bust the jargon’ and help to identify better outcomes. By providing that clear message and mapping the beginning of the route forward through these technical changes, this report makes a valuable contribution,” Mr Smith went on to say.
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