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Community Voice in Planning

Materials from a seven-part community briefing series which took place between January and March 2021. Thanks to all the contributors and participants who made it such an interesting and engaging set of discussions. Some Zoom recordings have been edited to remove questions and discussion.

The Local Plan – 5th Feb 2021

David Rudlin from URBED presented on the new five year development plan that is being written for the City of Manchester. We considered its implications for the kinds of developments that will be allowed in the City and in particular local neighbourhoods.

David’s Powerpoint slides

David’s online briefing:

Ageing well in place & 20 minute neighbourhoods – 5th March 2021

Sophie King (CLASS) shared ideas drawn from other recent talks and local experiments considering ageing well in place and Carolyn Kagan (Steady State Manchester) presented on the complementary concept of the 20 minute neighbourhood and how this is being put into practice around the world.

20 min neighbourhoods Powerpoint slides
Ageing Well in Place Powerpoint slides

20 min neighbourhoods online briefing:

Planning applications – 19th March 2021

Naomi Luhde Thompson (Rights: Community: Action!) shared her experiences of the end to end local planning application and decision-making process.

Proactive approaches – 12th March 2021

Kat Wong (URBED) shared ideas about the different ways in which communities can be proactive about shaping how land, property and green spaces are used in their neighbourhood including neighbourhood planning, assets of community value and community asset transfer.

Kat’s online briefing:

Affordable housing policy – 12th Feb 2021

Dr Richard Goulding (Research Associate, University of Sheffield) presented on a range of issues from housing trends in recent decades to levels of housing need, current affordable housing policy and the kinds of policy shifts that could support a higher level of affordable housing in Manchester.

Richard’s Powerpoint slides

Richard’s online briefing:

Permitted Development Rights consultation – 8th Jan 2021

Hannah Berry from Greater Manchester Housing Action stood in for Naomi Luhde-Thompson from Rights Community Action and Friends of the Earth to explain the latest proposals to extend something called ‘Permitted Development Rights’ from the Ministry for Housing, Communities, and Local Government. The consultation deadline is 28 January 2021.

This first session was originally to be focused on local developments and the local planning process and this will be rescheduled for the end of the course.

Further information and downloads:

Template letter for local leaders including links to further information about the proposals (also sent by email immediately after the session).

Article on the proposals in The Meteor

The Greater Manchester Spatial Framework – 15th Jan 2021

David Rudlin from URBED and Mark Burton from Steady State Manchester presented to participants on the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework: What is the GMSF? What does it mean for Manchester? What does it mean for my local area? How does it link to other kinds of planning policy?

Mark’s Powerpoint Slides

Mark’s online briefing:

David Powerpoint Slides

David’s online briefing:

Neighbourhood-based reports and publications

Ageing Well in Place in Hulme

‘Ageing in place’ has become a popular term in current ageing policy, defined as ‘remaining living in the community, with some level of independence, rather than in residential care’.