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Community involvement in the regeneration
Planning for Real
In order to ensure that residents’ views and aspirations are clearly understood, the Project Board commissioned the Neighbourhood Initiatives Foundation to design a Planning for Real consultation exercise for the area. 26 consultation events were held at various venues across the area between November 2004 and April 2005, attracting over 800 people.
All the information gathered during the Planning for Real consultation was collated into a report by the Neighbourhood Initiatives Foundation and is informing the development of the new plan. If you would like a copy of this report, please contact us.
Workshops and feedback
The design team have worked to involve residents and other stakeholders in shaping the new regeneration plan. A series of three public design workshops took place from September to November 2005. Following each workshop, feedback displays were placed in community venues around the area.
Workshop 1: Understanding Place
This workshop with residents explored ideas about what makes a good or bad place. It provided feedback on, and opportunities to explore in more detail, what people have said about the area already. It focused on identifying the priorities of any regeneration scheme and opportunities for any 'early wins' or immediate opportunities for improving the area.
Workshop 2: Assessing Options
This workshop began to design possible strategies for resolving some of the problems identified during the Planning for Real consultation, the community walkabouts and in Workshop 1. It looked at the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to regeneration, including a ‘do nothing’ approach.
Finance consultants Grant Thornton UK, worked through a 'Finance for Real' exercise with residents. This exercise looked at the range of options for addressing problems or achieving desired changes to the area, the funding required to pursue each of these options and the possible implications for the area, in terms of levels of disruption, which could be involved in securing necessary funding.
Workshop 3: The Way Forward
At this workshop residents were involved in 2 tasks. They were asked to review a proposed new movement framework for the area. They also developed ideas for improving street connections and public transport routes, creating better links between community facilities and generally making the area feel safer.
The workshop went on to review three draft options developed by the Design Team based on residents’ input into Planning for Real, the community walkabouts and Workshops 1 and 2. This involved looking at the pros and cons of each option, discussing further suggestions and concerns, and highlighting areas for review.
Associated documents:
Results from Workshop 1 (0.53 MB)
Results from Workshop 2 (0.59 MB)
Results from Workshop 3 (0.96 MB)
