Tag Archives: Neighbourhood Plan

The Community Right to Build is Dead?

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Matt Wood

Sure – you remember; the Community Right to Build? The flagship idea of the early days of the Localism agenda, and now law as part of the Localism Act. In the immediate aftermath of its announcement back in the late … Continue reading →

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CRTB: Building a Consensus

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Matt Wood

This piece on a Neighbourhood Plan emerging in Norton and Malton caught my eye, and has some resonance with some of my earlier observations about the Community Right to Build.

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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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More thoughts on the Localism Bill…

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Matt Wood

…in four Tweets, as requested by the Jon Welch at the Eastern Daily Press this week (#EDPBigSoc): #EDPBigSoc It’s not ‘Cameron’s BigSoc’; its always been there, and the public money which volunteer time ‘levers in’ is going to be scarce … 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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