Neighbourhood PlanningCommunity Right to Build Orders

Dave ChetwynManaging Director, Urban Vision Enterprise CIC

Planning Adviser, Locality

Chair, Historic Towns Forum

Vice Chair, National Planning Forum

Introduction

Neighbourhood Planning

Neighbourhood Development Plans

Neighbourhood Development Orders

Community Right to Build Orders

Is a CRtBO the Best Option?

Conventional planning application/appeal

Neighbourhood Development Order

Neighbourhood Plan (policy)

Planning context - discussion with LPA

Need to acquire land, capital, etc.

Financial restrictions e.g. disposal of assets

Getting Started

Neighbourhood Area

Qualifying Bodies

Town or Parish Council

Neighbourhood Forum

Community Organisation

Majority live in area

“social, economic & environmental well-being of residents

Preparing the CRtBO

Understanding Context

Environmental context (including designations)

Socio-economic context (including property market)

Identifying local issues

Site appraisal/constraints

Planning context

Urban/rural context

Infrastructure/capacity

Services

Building in Quality and Deliverability

Realistic budget

Select the right design team

Prepare a clear development brief

Look at exemplars elsewhere

Understand the importance of design

Don’t assume car ownership

Realistic funding bids

Think ahead

The Brief

Aims of your organisation

Purpose of the development

Functional requirements

Future occupants

Budget

Consultation requirements

Building performance

High quality, site-specific design

Skills and experience needed (track record)

Submitting the CRtBO

Submitting the CRtBO

Map of site

Definition of the development

(including supporting

documentation and plans).

Consultation statement.

Archaeology statement, if required.

Basic conditions statement.

Details of any enfranchisement

rights which it is proposed will not

be exercisable.

Independent Examination

Undertaken by an experienced and

qualified person …

Considers whether the order meets the

basic conditions.

The Basic Conditions

Have appropriate regard to national policy.

Contribute to the achievement of sustainable

development.

Be in general conformity with the strategic

policies in the development plan for the local

area.

Be compatible with EU obligations and

human rights.

Have regard to the protection and

enhancement of listed buildings and

conservation areas.

Referendum

28 days notice required

50% ‘Yes’ vote required

Housing Standards and Design

Why is Design Important?

Attracting investment and jobs

Attracting people to live and work

Accessibility and convenience

Fitness for purpose

Safer places

Sustainability

Quality of life

Low running costs

Community Engagement - Front Loading

Brief

Detailed Design

Late Consultation - Publish & Defend

Conflict, delay, cost

Community Engagement

Informed Design Brief

Creative Designer

Detailed Design

Engaged communities

Focus on place-making

Well-informed, creative design

Excluded communities

Focus on aesthetics

Design by committee

Things to Consider

Place-making (not quantifiable standards)

Ease of movement for pedestrians

Safe environments

Access to community facilities

Choice of modes of transport

Site specific design

External storage (e.g. cycle store)

Tenure blind

Things to Avoid

Focus on subjective issues like style

Vague phrases – ‘high quality design’

Focus on buildings, but not places

Over-reliance on quantifiable standards (65 square meter gardens)

Being over-prescriptive or suppressing creative design solutions

Imposing your own preferences rather than catering for diversity

Undermining viability through onerous requirements

Building for Life 12

1. Connections

2. Facilities & Services

3. Public Transport

4. Meeting local housing requirements

5. Character

6. Working with the site and context

7. Creating well defined streets and spaces

8. Easy to find your way around

9. Streets for all

10.Car parking

11.Public and private spaces

12.External storage and amenity space

Permeability

Drawings taken from Responsive Environments

Perimeter Blocks

Active Frontages

Legible Design

Off-the-Peg, Anywhere Design

Inactive Frontages

Poor Legibility

Building Performance

Lighting and

Appliances

Air Tightness

Insulation

Walls,

roofing,

glazingDaylight

Heating

Micro-Generation

Maintenance

BehaviourWater Use

Embodied Energy and Durability

Lifetime Costs

Construction

Running costs

Maintenance