Exploring the Hidden Histories of Community-led Planning in the UK
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DICNAC Reunion7 August 2023by glyn-The People's Plans project recently invited four members of a community-led planning project in Dundee to a reunion - and to roll back the years. In the 1980s, Laurie Bidwell, Bob Barnham, Steve Gillon and Jimmy Black and were at… Continue reading "DICNAC Reunion"
The People’s Plan for the Westway28 April 2023by glyn-Long-time resident and activist, Adam Ritchie, reflects on one of the most significant episodes of community-led planning in London, focussed on the Westway road in North Kensington. The Times Newspaper concluded that every mile of Westway cost the moving or eviction… Continue reading "The People’s Plan for the Westway"
The Communityplanning.net journey29 March 2023by glyn-by Dr Nick Wates The Community Planning Website, or Communityplanning.net as it is more helpfully called, was born in 1998 at the offices of the Department for International Development (DFID) in Central London. A steering group meeting of a project… Continue reading "The Communityplanning.net journey"
City Farms, not roads!19 December 2022by glyn-John Le Corney, a south Londoner who’s kept his accent, moved to the Heeley area of Sheffield in 1975. As he recalled, in an interview for the Spaces of Hope project on 23rd November, he “more or less put a… Continue reading "City Farms, not roads!"
Planning for People in Brum7 November 2022by glyn-Spaces of Hope/PeoplesPlans is conducting research on the histories of community-led planning. We have spoken to people who worked with communities to create the spaces and places needed in Birmingham since the 1960s and we are bringing people into conversation together… Continue reading "Planning for People in Brum"
Project Updates – May 2022 #231 May 2022by michael-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… Continue reading "Project Updates – May 2022 #2"
Project Updates – May 202210 May 2022by michael-We have added an interactive map to the website which shows the locations of historical community-led-planning (CLP) examples uncovered by the project so far. We want to add as many examples of community-led planning to the map as we can… Continue reading "Project Updates – May 2022"
Project Updates – January 202225 January 2022by jason-We have added two updates to the About pages on our website. Firstly, we would like to welcome Dr Michael Howcroft to the team. Michael will be based at the University of Sheffield and joins the project as we prepare… Continue reading "Project Updates – January 2022"
Wanted: community planners!25 February 2021by mike-Do you know of an interesting example of community-led planning? Do you have experience of participating in community-led planning? Would you like to be involved in a project aiming to document and learn from the hidden history of community-led planning… Continue reading "Wanted: community planners!"
People’s Planning in Birmingham
Spaces of Hope/PeoplesPlans is conducting research on the histories of community-led planning. We have spoken to people who worked with communities to create the spaces and places needed in Birmingham since the 1960s and we are bringing people into conversation together through a free online workshop event on Friday 2nd December 2022 1-3pm. The aim is to share and compare histories over the decades and discuss how best to represent them in the current day. You can sign up here on Eventbrite