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INTRO BIMBY Beauty In My Back Yard BUILDING A LEGACY A Landowner’s Guide to Popular Development BEN BOLGAR SENIOR DIRECTOR

For over 20 years, the Prince’s Foundation has been testing tools and techniques to improve placemaking and building design. We have worked with governments internationally to improve development practice and bring communities into the heart of the process. Our work has exposed us to over 120 projects, through which we have engaged almost 10,000 people in development projects across the UK.

OUR 2014 RESEARCH IDENTIFIED:

• The qualities that people

consistently desire in places they live

• Successful engagement is needed

to address local people’s concerns, and incorporate their preferences

• A need to overcome cynicism of

existing consultation processes and re-affirm the value of collaboration

• Consultation must be meaningful

to avoid NIMBY attitudes

EbD PROJECT EXAMPLE

• Nansledan, Cornwall
• A 218 hectare urban extension to

the East of Nansledan.

• PFBC held an EbD that was

endorsed by the Council in 2007.

• Will take 40 years to build and will

comprise 4,000 homes (30% affordable) and will include one job per household

• Commitment to use locally

sourced materials including Cornish slate & granite to create a distinctive place.

EbD PROJECT EXAMPLE

• Sherford, Devon
• Commissioned by the District

Council to carry out an EbD (collaborative workshop) in Devon.

• Walkable neighbourhood –

residents are a 5 minute walk from shopping needs.

• 5,500 new homes, a high street,

four schools, shops, jobs and community facilities.

• Low-impact SUDS creating lakes.
• Awarded BRE exemplar rating
• Established Town Code which

ensures quality delivery of design.

BIMBY HOUSING TOOLKIT

• How BIMBY came about

BIMBY is a response to issues communities face with the UK Planning System, & new powers brought by the Localism Act. It draws on over 20 years

• f the Prince’s

Foundation’s experience in creating harmonious, enduring places, facilitating engagement and design workshops. BIMBY is a self-help tool that allows communities to ‘say yes’ to the right kind of housing – that people actually want.

CREATING A BIMBY MANUAL IN 3, SIMPLE STEPS

STEP 1: ‘Getting To Know Your Community’

Aim: Bring people together, share local knowledge, and identify broad issues Activities: Identify & map ‘Assets’ through a sustainable framework exercise Mapping quality of place exercise Identify community skill-sets

STEP 2: ‘Identifying Sensible New Areas for Homes’

Aim: Assess ‘connectivity’ of neighbourhood, its identity, and opportunity areas Activities: Identify and map neighbourhood elements such as locations of main routes, shops, schools, community facilities etc. and assess their catchment areas. Review and agree the’ Principles for Good Placemaking’

STEP 3: ‘Choosing Popular Local Building Types’

Aim: Identify / agree character, materials and design features that represent character of area and development Actions: Document acceptable buildings & houses, architectural details, and building materials. Define the 5 Essential Qualities of Place

BIMBY PROJECT EXAMPLE

• Norwich, St Mary’s Works
• Found near the historic centre and

warehouse district

• Growing population and workforce.

Norwich regularly comes near the top

• f ‘nicest’ place to live in the country.
• A conscientious developer wants to

create a mixed-use development with starter homes and elderly provision & employment space.

• BIMBY helped local residents articulate

style and amenities the community would like from the site.

‘Building a Legacy’ was released with the help of the CLA in 2017. We have recognised that pressure to build up to 300,000 homes a year might lead to soulless housing estates. One way to ‘fix our broken housing market’ is to move away from the model

• f ‘delivering zoned housing estates that

create the need for more energy use, increase carbon emissions and foster sedentary lives’. Creating popular developments that have strong local identities with access to all of the amenities which a society needs to function – schools, shops and public transport links has never been so important.

Roussillon Park Chichester, West Sussex. “This scheme, designed by Ben Pentreath Ltd, consists of 254 dwellings, a community hall and a 72- bed nursing home. The development has been highly successful with all properties to date selling off plan.”

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