Guides

Organisation

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Action for Market Towns

A step-by-step guide to setting up and completing a community led plan for a small town

Action for Market Towns handbook

Action for Market Towns

Summary of a nine step approach to community led plans

A New Life for Smaller Towns A handbook for action

ACRE / Action for Market Towns

Examines how local authorities are making the most of Community Led Planning to enable communities to plan for their future

Localism in practice: making the most of Community Led Planning

Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE)

Thirty ideas for improving town centres under five main themes, with checklists and case studies

Community led planning

Bang the Table

A short booklet to kick start your thinking about online community engagement

100 Ideas to Help Engage your Community Online

Bang the Table

Good practice lessons for anyone thinking about online community engagement

Online Consultation Guide Book

Bath and North East Somerset Council

How to get involved in planning in Bath and North East Somerset

My Neighbourhood

Brisbane City Council

Web content defining neighbourhood planning and links to 22 current neighbourhood plans

Neighbourhood planning

CABE

A guide for community groups working to improve public space

It's our space

Cabe at the Design Council

Help make the case for good design

A Design Wayfinder

Campaign for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) and the National Association of Local Councils (NALC)

Eight steps to prepare a neighbourhood plan involving the whole community

How to shape where you live: a guide to neighbourhood planning

Communityplanning.net

Principles, methods, toolkits and good practice on community planning

CommunityPlanning.net

David Driskell

A practical manual on the participation of young people in the community development process

Creating Better Cities with Children and Youth

English Heritage

An advice note about the incorporation of local heritage within rural community-led plans

Knowing your place

English Heritage / Asset Transfer Unit

Transferring heritage assets to the community

Pillars of the community The transfer of local authority heritage assets

Environment Agency, English Heritage, Forestry Commission and Natural England

An advice note for community groups and councils about protecting and improving the natural environment

Planning for the environment at the neighbourhood level

HM Government

An introduction to the 4 ways in which communities can take control locally, including neighbourhood planning

Community Rights

Peggy Holman and Tom Devane

Sixty one methods for engaging ‘whole systems’ of people from organisations and communities in creating their own future

The Change Handbook: The Definitive Resource to Today's Best Methods for Engaging Whole Systems

Levett-Therivel / Scott Wilson / URS

Carrying out a sustainability appraisal of neighbourhood plans

DIY SA: sustainability appraisal of neighbourhood plans (draft April 2011)

Local Government Group / Planning Advisory Service

The basics of neighbourhood planning and the role of a ward councillor

Neighbourhood planning: a guide for ward councillors

Localism Network / Campaign to Protect Rural England

A guide to help communities, local authority officers, councillors, developers, businesses and others to choose the best path through the localism maze.

Planning and Localism: Choices and Choosing

Locality

A comprehensive guide to producing a neighbourhood plan

Neighbourhood Planning Roadmap Guide

Locality

A short, step by step overview of the neighbourhood planning process

The Quick Guide to Neighbourhood Planning

Plan LoCaL

The obstacles and opportunities for local people within the planning system

Understanding the planning system

Plan LoCaL

Advice on community led planning including methods, key features and a step by step process

Methods of community-led planning

Plan LoCaL

Resource pack to support community led planning for low carbon development

The PlanLoCaL resource pack

Planning Advisory Service

A checklist to help you assess the content of your local plan against requirements in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)

Local Plans and the National Planning Policy Framework: Compatibility Self Assessment Checklist

Royal Institute of British Architects

An introduction to the new localism agenda highlighting the opportunities that exist for architects

Guide to Localism Opportunities for architects Part one: Neighbourhood planning

South East Rural Towns Partnership

Practical guide to carrying out a market town healthcheck

Market towns healthcheck handbook and workshop

WSP

WSP’s 8 page guide to Strategic Environmental Assessment and NDPs

Assessing Neighbourhood Development Plans (in relation to Strategic Environmental Assessment)

South Hams Distict Council

Helping communities and developers to work together, by South Hams District Council

Collaborative masterplanning template

Urban Vision, Building Community and Locality

A concise summary of the process of neighbourhood planning together with suggestions for best practice

Quick Guide Guide to Neighbourhood Planning