The think tank ResPublica has today published a report on the creation of local plans to tackle the housing crisis:
The report, title “Devo Home” recommends the creation of “Local Place Partnerships”, dedicated to housebuilding and place-making.
Other recommendations include:
– Citizens should be able to instigate Local Place Partnerships and take control of housebuilding and development in their areas.
– the Homes and Community Agency should transfer surplus public sector land directly to Local Place Partnerships to ensure swift release and efficient use
– the use of local government pension funds to invest in new homes and development.
– where appropriate, the creation of cross-development plans that can take a ‘larger than local’ approach to development.
– introduce the use of Local Development Orders to capture the uplift in the value of land and offset the cost of affordable housing and infrastructure projects.
– trailblazing the use of new technology and methods to engage communities and give them real power over the shape and direction of their areas.
Does any of this sound like a Faversham Plan created through a Faversham Conversation? I think it has many echoes that reflect a common need among communities to reshape the way that local planning in done – to move it off the back foot and to play a few strokes again.
If it’s working for the England cricket team, then why mightn’t it work for Faversham?
Thanks Tim, There is another idea now bubbling up which will complement all the various initiatives and possibly will help a mass debate rather than a number of individuals making comment. I will share with you ASAP. All the best G
Gulliver Immink
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I couldn’t agree more, Tim! My fantasy about an Independent Town Council was, within the town conversation, engage on the matter of whether the town needs more housing. I think we do, because some local young people will want to live here. If there were agreement, the next question is, where? And how much? At the end, a plan for Faversham with town buy-in, to hold up to Swale as a pattern for their planning decisions to conform to.
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