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

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 what is 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