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National Issues – Local Solutions

Communities As A Catalyst

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Overview

When is the best time to plan? Avoiding comfort planning; be proactive. Engaging the right people.

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Overview

When is the best time to plan? Avoiding comfort planning; be proactive. Engaging the right people.

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When to Prepare a Plan?

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Helford Area Parish Plan

Manaccan and St Anthony Parish Plan 2005Aim• Improvements to Helford Jetty to provide community

facilities such as; disabled access for ferry passengers, and also investigation into improved outhaul facilities and improving landing facilities for fishermen.

Action• Liaise with owner of the Helford Ferry, Cadgwith, Helford

and District Fisherman’s Society and community to further determine the improvements required. Investigate cost for such improvements and funding requirements. Research possible funders.

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The FalloutFacebook Phil: If Helford is not 70% 2nd homes where is everyone whenever I'm there (at least a few times a week normally), but the 2nd home owner thing is not the main point, I spend most of my free time on the river and of course would prefer it if there was no jetty, no more houses, and less boats as the whole thing is getting crowded. But it is a working river, the fishermen need somewhere to land heavy loads nets etc, and planning permission has been granted following years of debate. 

Editorial Comment by CPRE Cornwall:   (Plan rejection in High Court)This is certainly a very welcome decision and it is to be hoped that all interested parties will now get together in order to reach an acceptable compromise. "Everybody who knows Helford and this part of Cornwall well and who cares about the future of this wonderful part of the World will be very pleased that His Honour Judge Michael Kay QC has quashed the Helford Jetty planning permission.   The court has decided that by granting planning permission the Council had failed to impose essential environmental safeguards as required by Natural England".

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Why and When To Plan

Presumption rests with developers you will need a plan even more in the future.

….but with 90% of the land area of the UK open space… a more liberal attitude to development…better balance between environment protection and the need for cheaper better homes….. Saturday Times comment Mark Pennington

Before anyone arrives! Not during a local issue or a ‘polarized’ plan

will result

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Proactive Planning

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Proactive PlanningHuman nature does not tend to like change

He who rejects change is the architect of decay.  The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.  ~Harold Wilson

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.  ~Woodrow Wilson

Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly. ~Francis Bacon

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Cornish Local Development Order + Design StatementThe Context:

“….the major growth of the community was in the 1960s and 70s when extensive bungalow estates were built with no coherent strategy…”

The Vision for our community is:

……….Sustain……..Retain………….Preserve………….Maintain…….Keep………..

all five vision statements used retrospective verbs

This was amended in the final draft!

Proactive Planning

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Don’t let communities only look backwards.

“…..Whenever an appropriate south facing traditional slate roof is built or replaced the developer should justify if/why PV slate tiles are not being utilized….”

How do we

achieve this?

Proactive Planning

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Community Engagement

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Community Engagement

No one method works Existing networks Parasite engagement Incentives Creative and curiosity

Runs counter to the rule not to plan when there is a major issue in discussion

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Engagement

Our Engagement Strategy

Village fete

Local PubYouth Club

Online survey

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What is the message

• Community planning is hard work.• Advent of the Localism Bill and other initiatives

makes community planning more relevant now than ever before.

• AONBs need to own the initiative of community planning:– By engaging widely with the local population – By being proactive – By being seen to be proactive and visionary

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Chimneys and Jetties