Tag Archives: Community Right to Build

CLG Publishes CRTB ‘Guide’

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Matt Wood

A brief flurry of Google-Alerts traffic in the past couple of days about the Community Right to Build (CRTB). As reported in 24 Housing Magazine and elsewhere, Grant Schapps is urging smaller communities to start thinking about how they might … Continue reading →

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The Cork Rural Design Guide

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Matt Wood

In a recent post I talked about the impact that local ‘design guides’ might have on how developers approach the design of new housing, and previously I’d talked a bit about the Norfolk Residential Design Guide. I noted that aside … Continue reading →

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Community Right to Build: It’s All Gone a Bit Quiet.

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Matt Wood

If you’ve been keeping an eye on the Community Right to Build (CRTB) initiative, you might be forgiven for thinking it’s gone a bit quiet recently. This is partly true; the initial flurry of interest in the press following the … Continue reading →

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Er…Sorry; So it is a Nimby Charter!

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Matt Wood

I went to a very well attended breakfast seminar on the Localism Bill hosted by solicitors Howes Percival last week. The pre-seminar buzz amongst the impressively grey-suited property crowd was the previous day’s news that the Greater Norwich Development Partnership … Continue reading →

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‘Facilitators’, not ‘Organisers’…

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Matt Wood

…suggests Alan Spedding, commenting on my last post, and via Twitter: @ruralise: have responded on the blog – not organisers – facilitators helping the community to get what it needs…and for how long?” perhaps the community will pay for the … Continue reading →

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Who Pays the Piper? And for How Long?

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Matt Wood

The Rural Services Network (RSN) reports that the Government has found some cash to fund an ‘Institute of Community Organising’ to push forward its Big Society agenda – and Norfolk will be one of ten counties where the plan is … Continue reading →

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More on Community-Run Shops

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Matt Wood

Twitter brought me to a piece by Alan Spedding (@RuSource) about community-run shops. I think it’s Alan’s summary of a longer report by the Plunkett Foundation. I did talk a bit about shops – and the Plunkett Foundation in fact … Continue reading →

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So it’s not really a ‘Nimby Charter’ after all…

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Matt Wood

Last week the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) published an ‘Impact Asessment’ on Neighbourhood Plans and the Community Right to Build. The document is a normal part of the legislative process, and seeks to quantify the likely impact … Continue reading →

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Nice to Meet You, Unit 11.

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Matt Wood

I had a very enjoyable trip down to ‘the Smoke’ yesterday, courtesy of Unit 11 at the University of East London School of architecture. The Unit, run by Arthur Smart and Jamie Scott-Baxter, is in its second year looking at rural … Continue reading →

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More ‘Plain English’…But Not Much!

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Matt Wood

I said I’d give some further thoughts on the government’s ‘Plain English’ guide to the Localism Bill. It certainly is easier to read than the bill itself, but neither Bill nor ‘Guide’ really tell us anything more about the Community … Continue reading →

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