Whilst researching participatory planning in Birkenhead, the People’s Plans team have uncovered a documentary from the 1980s by Planning for Real pioneer, Tony Gibson. Tony Gibson A key figure in the history of participatory planning, Tony Gibson is best known for developing Planning for Real, a participatory approach that centres resident’s local knowledge of theirContinue reading “Good Neighbours? Planning for Real in Birkenhead”
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Beyond tokenism: What lessons can we learn from the TCPA’s experience of delivering Planning Aid?
The “Spaces of Hope” project is researching and preserving the history of a period when local communities demanded more say in planning decisions. In this guest blogpost, Jack Dangerfield recounts how the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) adopted a radical approach to helping people make sense of the planning system. Over fifty years hasContinue reading “Beyond tokenism: What lessons can we learn from the TCPA’s experience of delivering Planning Aid?”
Project Updates – May 2022 #2
We have added a list view of examples of community-led planning to the website which lists the examples of historical community-led-planning (CLP) uncovered by the project so far. We want to add as many examples of community-led planning to the map as we can find. So please do tell us about any other examples orContinue reading “Project Updates – May 2022 #2”