INTRO BIMBY Beauty In My Back Yard BUILDING A LEGACY A Landowner’s Guide to Popular Development BEN BOLGAR SENIOR DIRECTOR
For over 20 years, the Prince’s Foundation has been testing tools and techniques to improve placemaking and building design. We have worked with governments internationally to improve development practice and bring communities into the heart of the process. Our work has exposed us to over 120 projects, through which we have engaged almost 10,000 people in development projects across the UK.
OUR 2014 RESEARCH IDENTIFIED: - The qualities that people consistently desire in places they live - Successful engagement is needed to address local people’s concerns, and incorporate their preferences - A need to overcome cynicism of existing consultation processes and re-affirm the value of collaboration - Consultation must be meaningful to avoid NIMBY attitudes
EbD PROJECT EXAMPLE - Nansledan, Cornwall A 218 hectare urban extension to • the East of Nansledan. PFBC held an EbD that was • endorsed by the Council in 2007. Will take 40 years to build and will • comprise 4,000 homes (30% affordable) and will include one job per household Commitment to use locally • sourced materials including Cornish slate & granite to create a distinctive place.
EbD PROJECT EXAMPLE - Sherford, Devon Commissioned by the District • Council to carry out an EbD (collaborative workshop) in Devon. Walkable neighbourhood – • residents are a 5 minute walk from shopping needs. 5,500 new homes, a high street, • four schools, shops, jobs and community facilities. Low-impact SUDS creating lakes. • Awarded BRE exemplar rating • Established Town Code which • ensures quality delivery of design.
BIMBY HOUSING TOOLKIT - How BIMBY came about BIMBY is a response to It draws on over 20 years BIMBY is a self-help issues communities of the Prince’s tool that allows face with the UK Foundation’s experience in communities to ‘say Planning System, & creating harmonious, yes’ to the right kind of new powers brought by enduring places, housing – that people the Localism Act. facilitating engagement actually want. and design workshops.
CREATING A BIMBY MANUAL IN 3, SIMPLE STEPS STEP 1: ‘Getting To Know Your Community’ Aim: Bring people together, share local knowledge, and identify broad issues Activities: Identify & map ‘Assets’ through a sustainable framework exercise Mapping quality of place exercise Identify community skill-sets STEP 2: ‘Identifying Sensible New Areas for Homes’ Aim: Assess ‘connectivity’ of neighbourhood, its identity, and opportunity areas Activities: Identify and map neighbourhood elements such as locations of main routes, shops, schools, community facilities etc. and assess their catchment areas. Review and agree the’ Principles for Good Placemaking’ STEP 3: ‘Choosing Popular Local Building Types’ Aim: Identify / agree character, materials and design features that represent character of area and development Actions: Document acceptable buildings & houses, architectural details, and building materials. Define the 5 Essential Qualities of Place
BIMBY PROJECT EXAMPLE - Norwich, St Mary’s Works • Found near the historic centre and warehouse district • Growing population and workforce. Norwich regularly comes near the top of ‘nicest’ place to live in the country. • A conscientious developer wants to create a mixed-use development with starter homes and elderly provision & employment space. • BIMBY helped local residents articulate style and amenities the community would like from the site.
‘Building a Legacy’ was released with the help of the CLA in 2017. We have recognised that pressure to build up to 300,000 homes a year might lead to soulless housing estates. One way to ‘fix our broken housing market’ is to move away from the model of ‘delivering zoned housing estates that create the need for more energy use, increase carbon emissions and foster sedentary lives’. Creating popular developments that have strong local identities with access to all of the amenities which a society needs to function – schools, shops and public transport links has never been so important.
Roussillon Park Chichester, West Sussex. “This scheme, designed by Ben Pentreath Ltd, consists of 254 dwellings, a community hall and a 72- bed nursing home. The development has been highly successful with all properties to date selling off plan.”
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